Cash-strapped Loretto Hospital paid millions to companies formed by ousted executive's pal

Loretto Hospital paid millions of dollars to private companies founded by a close friend and business partner of Dr. Anosh Ahmed, who helped run the hospital until he resigned last month amid a COVID vaccine distribution scandal. The publicly funded hospital paid nearly $4 million to the three companies in one year alone, making them the top-paid "independent contractors" listed on the hospital’s tax statements between July 2018 and June 2019.