
Government is still very keen on seeing the completion of the US$18 million Specialty Hospital and has built a stronger alliance with the provider of the concessionary loan financing to see it become a reality.
Construction on the state-of-the-art medical facility was halted last September after Government took the contract from Surendra Engineering Company Limited (SECL), following the discovery of major discrepancies.
A month after yanking the contract, Government, through the Attorney General Chambers, had also filed a lawsuit against the India-based company for in excess of US$100 million for alleged fraud, breach of contract, and delays in works done. All this was done while the company strongly contended that it had done nothing wrong.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon said, while he could not give an insightful comment on the legal proceedings, Government was confident that it would be able to recover the Gy$4 billion that was unlawfully used up by Surendra.
