“I [am] startled and deeply troubled to encounter multiple county hospitals that received not one penny of what they were promised in the 2022 budget,” the ambassador said. However, McCarthy’s assertion, according to the Weah administration, is inaccurate, as funding for public health facilities has been disbursed as appropriated in the 2022 budget. Under FY2022, about US$7.2 million was disbursed to more than 70 hospitals, clinics health centers across Liberia. The new hospital that McCarthy is indirectly referring to is the state-of-the-art Emirates Hospital in Gbarpolu County, one of the poorest counties in Liberia. “Only a small fraction of Government-to-Government support, which is disbursed only after proof of performance, goes to the government.

Source: Daily Observer April 27, 2023 09:15 UTC