The Public Accounts Committee will begin the process of having CEO of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), Fitzgerald Mitchell, held accountable after he failed for a third time to appear before lawmakers probing an Auditor General’s report into the hospital’s operations, despite being formally summoned to Parliament.

The move came on Tuesday after Mitchell again failed to attend a hearing of the committee, which is examining findings from the Auditor General’s performance audit of the UHWI. Committee chairman Julian Robinson said Mitchell neither appeared nor provided any explanation for his absence, despite being served with a summons on June 8.

“We have received no correspondence from Mr Mitchell, nor his lawyer indicating his absence. And in view of his absence from this meeting, there is a process that will be triggered,” Robinson told the committee.