Industrial action at the pharmaceutical service

Jeff Rogers

Oct 11th 2008, 11:19

Reading the column above we couldn't stop laughing LOL LOL LOL.> And you guys in Malta are advertising for us mainlanders to come over spend our insurance money to have OPS done in malta because its cheaper?? come on - get your act together maybe we'll recommend your hospice when the house is in order and functionel including ALL Medicines needed on the day.At this stage i praise all our medical staff in the UK and in Holland and Germany for their efficient service with a smile!!!!!Unfortunitly Malta's new hospitial is not yet in that catogory , it will in time when the maltese minister of the day regonise the situation at hand and think of the shortage of staff and the pressure they are under.

Jimmy Grech

Oct 10th 2008, 18:56

@C. Camilleri
As if these ppl are not tax payers themselves. UHM is asking for more pharmacists to be employed, so that patients get a better service. Nurses' union should also complain because the lack of nurses is one of the causes of the enormous waiting lists with patients waiting to do operations.

l Galea

Oct 10th 2008, 16:00

@C.Camilleri
Are you joking?

C.Camilleri

Oct 10th 2008, 15:56

@ A Camilleri. What red tape? Give me one reason why Govt entity once privatised does the work with half of the original workforce. It is not red tape my friend. It is just sluggishness by Govt employees because they want to have it good at the expense of the taxpayer.

Joe Tabone-Adami

Oct 10th 2008, 15:26

Does the term "new services" include the "pharmacy of your choice' option for those requiring free medicines? If yes, I - and many thousands like me - cry aloud SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.
It is useful to remind the Health authorities that at the start of that service, these same pharmacists now crying "Wolf" had feared that it would lead to their dismissal from Government employment!! Where have all the scores of pharmacists graduating from our University in the last years gone to? "Spizjara w Avukati bil-gzuz u t-tunellati" - and now complaining that they are "working under excess pressure". Hon. Minister, pleased wake up to facts and the nation's requirements!!

A Camilleri

Oct 10th 2008, 15:17

@ C. Camilleri

Well in this case the workers mentioned here are professionals as much as the University Lecturers. This is a BIG problem that the authorities are undermining because it has a direct impact on the Medicines readily available at Mater Dei. You would not want to be a patient waiting for medicines at the mercy of govt. red tape.

C.Camilleri

Oct 10th 2008, 14:50

Why is it is always Govt Employees that complain about conditions of work and and pay when we all know that they are far ahead of those in the private sector.