Every day, as I walk into work at one of our hospitals, I am struck by the unique position that our healthcare facilities have in the islands’ communities – places where medical science meets the extremes of human emotion. Joy, relief, pain, grief – all are experienced every day, to some degree or other, by patients and staff at Gozo General, Karin Grech and St Luke’s hospitals. As I often tell our teams, patients may forget our name, yet they will never forget how we make them feel and we always do our best to ensure that the care we provide leaves patients feeling valued and respected. I am incredibly proud of the staff of Steward Malta, this tight-knit, cohesive team that works quietly yet passionately to improve patient care across Gozo, Karin Grech and St Luke’s hospitals. I am proud of their commitment in the face of the many adversities that we have together overcome to bring quality people and healthcare facilities together to serve the communities we live in. Things have never been easy. Everyone on the island has an opinion about Steward’s entry to Malta and its operations since the company agreed to step in, in good faith, to steer what was left of the doomed Vitals...