There were 581 postponed or cancelled elective operations at Mater Dei Hospital between December 2007 and last March, Social Policy Minister John Dalli told Parliament. Answering a question by Michael Farrugia (MLP), Mr Dalli said that in almost 95 per cent of these cases the patients did not turn up.

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