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Over $3B in medical supplies still to be delivered to Health Ministry – AG report Nov 06, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – The Ministry of Health is still to receive some $3.6 billion worth of medical supplies paid for in 2024, the Auditor General report has revealed. According to the report, which details Guyana’s financial accounts for 2024, the health ministry was allotted some $10.216 billion under line item 6221 for drugs and medical supplies for 2024. The document states that the amount was then increased by virements in the sum of $102.889 million and a supplementary allotment of $3.687 billion, giving it a revised total of $14.006 billion. According to the report, amounts totaling $13.993 billion were expended and included in this amount was $117.482 million for warrants, $102 million for the Linden Hospital Complex and $89.230 million for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The AG noted that a difference of $13.684 billion was paid to suppliers. In a table, the AG detailed the payments to suppliers, deliveries, and outstanding deliveries at the time of reporting in September 2025. According to the table there were 18 suppliers listed, and out of that amount, six have outstanding deliveries. The six suppliers are Western Scientific Company Limited which has outstanding deliveries amounting to $1,519,060,000; New GPC which has the largest outstanding deliveries totalling $2,054,467,000; Linden Medical Supplies Guyana Inc. has $21,437,000; Diamed Caribbean Inc. has outstanding supplies worth $365,000; Massy Distribution Guyana Inc. has $423,000; and UNFPA which has $11,497,000 in supplies outstanding to the ministry. “As shown in the table above, at the time of reporting in September 2025, outstanding deliveries totaled $3.607 billion while excess deliveries totaled to $70.510M. It should be noted that the ministry submitted additional Invoices, stores received notes and delivery notes for drugs and medical supplies valued at $951.393 million. The audit office is in the process of validating those deliveries,” the auditor general reported. Responding to the auditor’s finding, the health ministry explained that due to space constraints, it is normal practice in the health supply chain to expect changes in delivery times for medicines and supplies after contracts are signed, due to unexpected demand patterns as a result of pandemics, short shelf life of medical supplies, natural disasters, and illness profiles. “Therefore, the ministry staggered the above deliveries to suit current needs,” the report added. In addition to those findings, the AG reported that there were outstanding deliveries from two suppliers totalling $13.851 million and $80.231 million for 2022 and 2023 respectively. The ministry stated that in relation to these two suppliers, its legal department is in the process of closing these contracts with the suppliers for the outstanding deliveries. In its recommendation to the ministry, the audit office advised that head of the budget Agency take action to ensure suppliers of drugs and medical supplies honour their contractual obligations. Auditor General Report, GPHC, Linden Hospital Complex, Linden Medical Supplies
