KARACHI: The report of the Auditor General of Pakistan has stated that in the financial years 2021, 2022 and 2023, massive objections have been raised and irregularities in the contracts have been observed in NICVD, the government cardiology hospital in Karachi.
According to the report of the Auditor General of Pakistan, irregularities were observed in the contracts of two billion rupees in the purchase of cardiac stents in NICVD and the hospital could not provide the records to which patients the stents were applied.
The report states that 14 billion 67 crore rupees were overpaid to NICVD employees, medicines worth 5477 million rupees were purchased without laboratory tests.
The report of the Auditor General of Pakistan states that allowances worth Rs 1 billion 72 crore were paid without the permission of the Sindh Finance Department, medicines worth Rs 19 billion 80 crore were purchased without the necessary permission of the Central Procurement Committee.
The report stated that 4 crore 93 lakh rupees were given to doctors holding administrative positions in the name of health professional allowance, besides crores of rupees in the name of unauthorized promotions, unauthorized advertisements, uniforms, stationery, ad-hoc allowances in the institution. were spent.
