The Auditor General's Office has stated that invoices valued at MVR 1.3 million for services rendered for three years under Aasandha at Ungoofaaru Regional Hospital were not issued.
As per the report that was publicized by the Audit Office, even though there were 5,186 bills that were prepared for services rendered under Aasandha in 2022, 2023 and 2024, Ungoofaaru Hospital's Information System (HIS) did not prepare the invoices for said services. And so, the report reads that much time has passed since payment has not been made for the hospital's services, resulting in a high possibility that the payment may not be received at all.
According to the audit report, invoices were not generated for the hospital's services extended to private parties on a credit basis.
Invoices were not prepared for many of the services that were rendered in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The audit report also highlighted that at times, yearly invoices covering services from the hospital were created.
In 2022, services worth MVR 800,000 were extended, with the invoices having not been prepared. In 2023, services worth approximately MVR 400,000 were also extended, with the invoices having not been prepared either. And in 2024, invoices for services worth MVR 61,000 were not prepared as well.
While it has been highlighted that the Ungoofaaru Hospital has had many issues with maintaining their financial statements, the audit office has stated that the hospital has failed to regularly update the Public Account System with their yearly revenue amounts within the respective years.
Even though the audit office highlighted that MVR 9.2 million was logged into the Public Account System in 2024, the account only held MVR 9.1 million. It also came to the attention of the audit office that even though the hospital had earned MVR 3.8 million in revenue in 2023 as per the Public Account System, the account held MVR 4.4 million. The audit office stated that auditors were unable to verify the validity of the total revenue the hospital had generated due to these differences.
