More then $40-million given to support a health superboard for Alberta went to retirement plans and severance pay for top executives.

According to The Calgary Herald, Executives ate up $43.5-million of an $80-million grant from the provincial government in 2009.

Alberta Health spokesperson Kerry Williamson says when the superboard was formed, a portion of the grant was set aside to help fund retirement plans.

NDP MLA David Eggen says he’s flabbergasted, saying the money for the transition was meant to help our health system function better and not to clean up “messy business.”