This comes in the wake of a recent Public Accounts Committee report that exposed a breach of procurement protocols while finding that 104 out of the 136 ventilators ordered were unusable.“It is shocking to know that deals on emergency procurement of ventilators were carried out on WhatsApp.
“TI-Malaysia strongly urges current health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa to get to the bottom of this scandal.“She must explain to the media or Parliament what action has been taken to address it and how the ministry intends to prevent this from happening again.” He said the former health minister and secretary-general should give an explanation for this as it happened under their watch.
The PAC report found that even though Pharmaniaga Logistics lacked experience in procuring medical equipment of this type, it was instructed to make an upfront payment due to its “existing relationship with the health ministry”.