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If you’re shaking your head, we were too, but Dr. Ricardo Fabro wasn’t: he was dead sure that Knowles was dead wrong, about everything. We spoke to him via telephone form Orange Walk.

Jules Vasquez,
First he says that you gave him a specific verbal directive to purchase all fresh produce including meat fish and chicken from Gillet’s Meats in Orange Wall. Is that true?

Dr. Ricardo Fabro, KHMH CEO
“I will deny that I gave him a specific directive Jules. I won’t deny that I was called by Mr. Gillett and I referred Mr. Gillett’s call to Knowles himself. What Knowles did with the call, that is Knowles prerogative but there was directive from myself for him to purchase from Derrick Gillett all produce.”

Jules Vasquez,
According to Mr. Knowles he was selling fish to the KHMH.

Dr. Ricardo Fabro,
“Like I said Jules I do not deal with supplies so I couldn’t tell you if that is so or if that is not so.”

Jules Vasquez,
But if it was so it would be irregular for a meat seller, a vendor, to be selling fish to the hospital?

Dr. Ricardo Fabro,
“I would not know, I would find it very strange if he was selling fish, definitely.”

Jules Vasquez,
The second allegation he made sir is that you again via verbal directive made it clear to him that he should purchase all pharmaceuticals which the hospital acquires directly, Del La Fuente was the preferred pharmacy to purchase from.

Dr. Ricardo Fabro,
“Again Jules I wish to deny that. I have never said no such thing to Mr. Knowles. Any calls coming in from any person to myself I did not receive it, I told them look I do not deal with those issues, talk to Mr. Knowles about it. I think that at this point, I think probably Mr. Knowles might just have some bone of contention to pick. I think he is responding in this fashion because of other things that might have happened in KHMH, namely himself leaving KHMH.”

Jules Vasquez,
He claims that he left one day and had a job waiting for him the next day, a job which pays more.

Dr. Ricardo Fabro,
“Well that’s what he’s saying but the real thing as I know it happened as this: Mr. Knowles was covering as Finance Director at KHMH when we came on board. For the past maybe two years he was covering a post that he was not qualified to do because that post calls for different qualifications which his background did not fit. Mr. Knowles was given one months notice while he assisted the new Finance Director to make an easy transition but Mr. Knowles right off the bat just resigned.”

Jules Vasquez,
Mr. Knowles also says that in fact while you all had been maintaining that the new Finance Director Mr. Perrera starred working on July 1st 2008, he says that Mr. Perrera was in fact there at least six weeks before and that he had the substantial duties of that post from six weeks before so you stating and the board stating that he was there and he is only responsible from July 1at 2008 forward is a known mistruth to you all and a misrepresentation of the facts. That is what Mr. Knowles is saying.

Dr. Ricardo Fabro,
“Mr. Knowles is saying that and that is not so because we have our record as to when Mr. Perrera came on board. I cannot tell you exactly the date but I know it to be sometime in July.”

Jules Vasquez,
So then Dr. Fabro is Mr. Knowles just making all this up? That seems far fetched.

Dr. Ricardo Fabro,
“Yes Mr. Knowles has a bone to pick and indeed I would say Mr. Knowles is making that up and I would say maybe it is a bit of a, how can I say, sour grapes.”

So who’s right and who’s wrong? We can’t call that one, but you heard Knowles say that he documented all the verbal directives in emails to Dr. Fabro. And where are they? He told us that when he resigned he didn’t bother keeping them around but he believes he may still be able to locate them. We’d encourage him to do so.