500 more trees being planted at Mater Dei
500 indigenous trees and shrubs are being planted at the Mater Dei Hospital by staff members in an initiative by GO plc, Mater Dei and Nature Trust (Malta) to mark Arbor Week.
The trees are being planted in an area between the main entrance and the mortuary building which will be transformed into a small Mediterranean woodland complete with educational information panels on the flora of the site and a small recreational area for staff, visitors and patients.
GO is paying for the trees, Nature Trust (Malta) is providing the trees and shrubs and the educational panels and the Mater Dei management and staff are planting and maintaining the trees.
Vincent Attard - Executive President of Nature Trust (Malta) thanked Go and Mater Dei for their support to such initiatives. He said that with the area being close to an industrial area, the woodland would help provide a green lung to the hospital. Furthermore with the site touching Wied Ghollieqa from San Gwann side, this project would also complement the work NTM is doing further down the valley at the Wied Ghollieqa Nature Reserve.
GO CEO David Kay said: "GO is proud to be part of this project involving the planting of several indigenous plants in the Maltese islands. We look forward to further this collaboration with Nature Trust as well as the Mater Dei Hospital so that we help make Malta greener, thus reducing our carbon emissions footprint."
Marion Rizzo, Chief Executive Mater Dei Hospital, said that that the trees and shrubs which would be planted would include carob trees (Harrub), Holm Oak (Ballut), Aleppo Pines, Myrtle (Rihan) and Rosemary (Klin). Wied Ghollieqa was particularly populated with carob and holm oak trees.
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d.pulis
Jan 27th 2010, 23:32
@Murray
This is not the U.S. we don;t get tax write offs for charity donations mate. This is Malta by the way
John Micallef
Jan 27th 2010, 15:58
Ahjar tawhom soluzjoni kif forsi ma nergawx nispiccaw bla dawl!!
Peter Murray
Jan 27th 2010, 10:56
A truly generous act of benevolence by GO-but is it totally a philanthropic gesture and not based on this expense being a tax write-off and free advertisement?For Mater Dei Hospital is the ONLY hospital in the civilised world that permits the unrestrained and unrestricted utilisation of mobile phones throughout its premises-there is even a Melita outlet near the main entrance.Perhaps the authorities concerned may regale us with why they permit this unconstrained use of mobile phones and the impact this has on the health and well-being of convalescing patients on the disruptive and nuisance aspects of these phones alone and notwithsatnding all the other health-related issues associated with these contraptions?