The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is demanding the return of $32.4 million after an audit revealed Riverside General Hospital in Houston squandered a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant meant for rebuilding after hurricane, according to an article on the Washington Times website.
Hospital officials could not account for FEMA grant funds when it spent $17.6 million of the $32.4 million, according to a DHS report.
The money was used to pay for normal operating expenses, legal fees, federal taxes, insurance, gift cards, a new grant management system and fire alarm repairs.
The hospital still has not completed its hurricane-related repairs.
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