Updated: PN denies that $1.3 million hospital management report was ignored

The Nationalist Party this evening denied that the former government and the hospital administration had not started to implement the recommendations of a report commissioned by the former Health Minister from Johns Hopkins University. The claim was made earlier in the day by the Ministry of Health, which said that the report had cost the country $1.347 million, and yet no work was done on the implementation of its recommendations. In a statement over the situation at Mater Dei's Emergency Department, the ministry said that while the report’s recommendations were not implemented, the situation at the department continued to deteriorate, with longer waiting times and more people on stretchers in the corridors. The ministry said a new multi-disciplinary team set up by Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia is considering various ways to ease the problems, including the use of the nearby ambulance garage. Measures will be introduced immediately and in the medium and long-term. PN REPLY In its reply, the Nationalist Party said the commissioning of the report by the former government showed its commitment to ensure that patients had the best possible care. The report was approved by the then...