Minister of Health Dr. Perry Gomez said yesterday the government will "do the right thing" once the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) is done investigating the alleged abuses revealed in a forensic audit into the PHA's pharmaceutical and medical supplies.
The Nassau Guardian revealed the audit's findings last week.
"That's under review," he said, referring to the report.
"...It's also being investigated through the [PHA] board. The board met on the report last Tuesday. And so as you can see it's just being reviewed."
The 92-page audit is dated March 31.
Asked if he expects any charges in relation to the findings, Gomez said he will await the results of the investigation before commenting further.
"It would be premature

for me to speak to that," he said. "But I'm sure we will do the right thing."
Asked when the report will be tabled, Gomez said it has to go before Cabinet first.
He did not say when he intends to present the report to cabinet.
The audit reveals that at the end of 2013 there was a $10 million difference in pharmaceutical inventory between the physical count and what is reflected in the Princess Margaret Hospital's (PMH) computer system for that year.
The report says there has been no satisfactory explanation for this.
The auditor, John Bain, also points to alleged irregularities with how doses are administered to patients in some cases.
The report says, "Although some controls exist at the procurement and storage levels for the securing of pharmaceutical drugs, little control continues through to the ward level for the distribution of pharmaceutical drugs and medical supplies.
"A substantial amount of those people interviewed opined that drug and supplies shortages intensified at the ward level, pointing to nurses who do not record dispensed drugs, disobey the directive of physicians and provide different doses to patients, and horde drugs and supplies.
"One interviewee described the ward level as a 'black hole' for pharmaceutical drugs.
"This increased the risks to patients, and wasted the PHA's assets."
While in the House of Assembly last week, Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage and Minister of Labour Shane Gibson blamed the Ingraham administration for alleged abuses involving the PHA.
But the audit covers both the Ingraham and Christie administrations.
Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn claimed in the House of Assembly that the government is not being transparent regarding the PHA issues.
He said the government "does not seem to feel that, that is something, which requires urgent attention".

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