Cost of cataract interventions

The 2,500 cataract surgical interventions at St James Capua and St Anne’s Clinic contracted to be carried out in the first year on behalf of the government will cost a total of €662,500, Health Minister Joseph Cassar said in Parliament. He told Labour...

The 2,500 cataract surgical interventions at St James Capua and St Anne’s Clinic contracted to be carried out in the first year on behalf of the government will cost a total of €662,500, Health Minister Joseph Cassar said in Parliament.

He told Labour MP Michael Farrugia in reply to a question that the hospital and clinic had been selected on the basis of expressions of interest.

St James Capua is contracted for 1,500 operations a year and St Anne’s for 1,000.

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