Gambia's Health Minister Momodou Lamin Samarteh told lawmakers his team fixed most of the mess flagged in the 2020 audit reports for hospitals like Bansang General Hospital, Bundung Maternal and Child Hospital, Serrekunda General Hospital, and Farafenni General Hospital. He dropped receipts showing board meeting minutes from recent years and explained they stopped sketchy practices like giving kitchen staff firewood allowances after auditors called them out. The ministry installed safes for cash, tracked medical equipment better, and got proper drug dispensing systems running.
Farafenni recovered missing payment vouchers, and tax withholdings are getting handled correctly after the audit findings. Some stuff remains unfinished because of tight budgets, but Samarteh promised his crew will keep submitting progress updates until everything meets financial regulations.
Farafenni recovered missing payment vouchers, and tax withholdings are getting handled correctly after the audit findings. Some stuff remains unfinished because of tight budgets, but Samarteh promised his crew will keep submitting progress updates until everything meets financial regulations.
