Hospital management moving house

The first phase of the migration process from St Luke's Hospital to Mater Dei Hospital kicked off yesterday with the start of the transfer of the management offices.

This phase is expected to last a few days and the management should be fully functional at the new hospital by next week. A good number of the management team will start operating from Mater Dei as from today, a hospital spokesman said.

The Foundation of Medical Services officially handed over the offices to the Mater Dei management, led by chief executive officer Marion Rizzo, on Wednesday.

There are other areas scheduled to be handed over to the Mater Dei management this month, namely, the occupational therapy, clinical psychologists, parentcraft in outpatients block and physiotherapy.

A number of areas housing support services will also be handed over to the Mater Dei management later this month, such as the main entrance reception, the NGOs' and union offices, retail services areas, IT and supplies departments.

The process will continue to unfold until the whole migration operation is over, the Mater Dei spokesman said.

The next phase of migration will be the Outpatients Department followed by inpatient services.

Mater Dei Hospital is expected to be fully functional by the end of the year.

Since the hospital inauguration on June 29, there has been a thorough process of checking and ensuring that each and every room taken over by the Mater Dei management is certified as safe both for the patient and for staff, the spokesman said. This process will take place for every area taken over by the Mater Dei management.