The La Polyclinic in Accra, has been hit by a financial scandal of over ?300 million, resulting from improper award of contracts for the clinic’s projects, over declaration of contract fees and non-payment of IOUs, among others, the state-owned Ghanaian Times reports.
At the centre of the controversy is the Clinic’s Principal Medical Officer, Dr (Mrs) Felicia Bart-Plange. But she denies any wrongdoing and describes any mention of her in connection with the case as a sabotage.
She, however, agreed that she awarded a contract to her son who is a computer student to organise a two-week computer course for 10 clinic staff at the cost of ?3 million, for which she made a down payment of ?1 million.
Although she could not tell the ‘Times’ how much she spent to renovate a room for a conference centre, it was alleged that she spent ?60.8 million on that project which did not go through the proper tendering process.
She said that since the clinic was a Budget Management Centre, it had the right to generate funds to run its own affairs and programmes, upon a meeting of the sub-management team. Other projects that she was alleged to have undertaken included a ?71 million laundry and a ?50 million security lounge.
