Widespread corruption and fiscal mismanagement at the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on contracts without transparency or proper tendering processes.

This is what NCRHA chairman Dr Tim Gopeesingh says he has encountered over the past two months since assuming office.

He described the RHA as being “in shambles” with “obscene squandermania,” including nearly half a billion dollars in contracts awarded to five security companies over the past decade without transparency.