LARKANA:The Assistant Director/Incharge Complaints Cell, Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Karachi, has sent an enquiry letter after receipt of complaint against the Medical Superintendent, Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana, regarding embezzlement of funds, corrupt practices, mal-administration and misappropriation of government funds directing him to produce entire procurement and other record along with that of diet budget before him forthwith but no record has so far been produced before the ACE decrying the ACE instructions issued under Sindh Enquiries and Anti-Corruption Establishment Rules 1993.
The complaint was made by contractors M/s Mujeebur Rahman Tunio and Co, Jalaluddin and Co, Asharaf Morejo and Co and Sikander Ali.
The documents to be produced include details of budget/expenditure for the financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22. Details of payment of diet supply, along with quotation of diet items of 2020-21, bid evaluation report, list of bidders, details of indoor patients during the year, reasons of delay in the instant NIT No: T0038-21-0006 of 2020-21, report of inspection committee, details of all head of accounts and budgetary / expenditures, internal and external audit reports and stock register 2021-22 till to date.
Contractors alleged that the relevant blue eyed boy contractor was paid advance payment unlawfully by the then CMCH MS. The contractors further alleged that bills were exhorbitant as there were less indoor patients in the CMCH wards than claimed by the contractor hence the CMCH authorities are responsible for embezzlement of annual diet budget and they should be taken to task.
One of the contractors said on Monday that soon another letter will be issued to the CMCH or else the health department secretary will be approached for compliance of their instructions to conduct the enquiry.