REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 169 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 The Board of Management, as part of its mandate to facilitate the provision of cost-effective, accessible, integrated health care at an acceptable standard to the Jamaican public, has as one of its main priority, the need to ensure that all the health facilities under its management are in conformance with these standards. It is in this regard that we write to seek financial support towards the procurement of an incubator for the Pediatric Ward at the Annotto Bay Hospital, St. Mary… Currently, the staff at the Annotto Bay Hospital care for between two to four neonates on a weekly basis on its pediatric ward and one of the critical equipment required to effective care for these infants, is the availability on incubators, which are used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the neonates. There is a critical need for two additional incubators to reduce the risks levels associated with having to care for these infants and hence our appeal in seeking your support to partner with our health team by contributing toward the procurement of one unit, which will greatly enhance the health care delivery component at the hospital. The estimated cost for one incubator is One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00). … ” 140 (DI Emphasis) Ms. Fabia Lamm, Regional Director, North East Regional Health Authority, by way of her response of March 8, 2019 to the DI’s Requisition, advised of, inter alia , the following in relation to her knowledge of the solicitation of a donation from Petrojam Limited: 140 Letter dated March 30, 2017, addressed to Mr. Floyd Grindley, former General Manager, Petrojam Limited from Mr. Tyrone Robinson, Board Chairman, North-East Regional Health Authority (NERHA)