Dr. Geraldine Smith:

I determined it was a privately funded allowance because this was the exact description the National Maternity Hospital provided. I had further assurance as to the information provided by the National Maternity Hospital because it informed me the information released to internal audit had to be validated by the chairman of the board of the National Maternity Hospital. The return clearly states four private allowances were described as externally funded and the amount was quoted. When I asked the hospital to specify the elements which were private and the sources, it gave a definition: external funded equals private funds including rents, license fees and other incomes. This was cleared by the chairman of the board of the National Maternity Hospital before the secretary manager of the National Maternity Hospital could provide the information to me.