Mintoff released from hospital
Former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff has been released from hospital, just in time to celebrate his 96th birthday on Monday.
The health authorities said in a statement this evening that the cardiology team responsible for Mr Mintoff's care reviewed him this morning and he was found to be in a stable condition. He was discharged home this afternoon.
Mr Mintoff has been in hospital for18 days in the Intensive Therapy Unit and later the Critical Coronary Care Unit.
He had been admitted to Mater Dei suffering from pulmonary edema.
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Mario Tabone
Aug 5th 2012, 12:02
Politics are dirty ! Some politicians make them even dirtier . Mintoff was a dictator who had one aim in life and that was to be anti British establishment and to bring in his pro communist ideas to these shores.
Yes, during his time one or two things were brought in however these were countered by the hatred among fellow Maltese, economic ruin that was unprecedented , civil unrest brought on by his dictatorial tactics and bully boy administration , restrictions on normal citizins to a point where one could not even have a colour TV or a bar of chocolate of their choice, unless of course you were a minister or a party member. Public beatings of political opponents, burning and utter destruction of opposition property and clubs.The theft of savings from civil servants such as the widows and orphans contributions that police officers paid out of their own pockets and which were taken by Mintoff's government from them without any re-embursement. Land has been mentioned......yes we must mention the utter scandal of public land being taken and given away to selected party members . Right from the dockyard crisis around 1958 with the infamous riots down to the political unrest of the 70's Mintoff was the person responsible and for that he will certainly be remembered. The bloke is now frail and an old man and I will not lower myself to wish him any ill or pain in retribution for what he managed to acheive however bearing in mind that many of the pirhanas that were about in his day are still about today I pray that this dear country of ours does not make the same mistake yet again and trust its future into PL's hands.
Ronnie Callus
Aug 5th 2012, 14:01
@ Mario Tabone:
You are wrong about Mintoff being against the British because he was the one who asked for 'INTEGRATION' so as us Maltese be treated on same levels as them BUT they didn't accept us. Thats why later Independence was asked from them Mr.Tabone.
P Bonnici
Aug 5th 2012, 21:42
What did Ghaddafi do to Mintoff when Mintoff wanted to drill for oil offshore?
Ronnie Callus
Aug 7th 2012, 08:55
@ P.Bonnici:
As far as I know Mr.Bonnici although Mr.Gaddafi sent his gunboats to stop us from continuing exploring for oil, Mintoff didn't put his arms down as he took Libya to the European Courts with regards who owes that part of rock. One wonders how over after more than 25 years PN in government nothing has developed yet.
Philip Mizzi
Aug 5th 2012, 11:36
I appeal to whoever is close to Mr Mintoff to read him our well wishes (jekk mhux ga jaqrHom ghax mohhu ahjar minn tieghi ghalkem hafna izghar minnhu). Not that he cannot read but perhaps he was not well enough to go on the internet.
Carmen Brincat
Aug 5th 2012, 11:17
Lil bniedem li hareg lil Malta mill-faqar . Ad multos annos perit
Anthony Grech
Aug 5th 2012, 11:12
Happy Birthday Perit and God Bless You and your family.
David Bezzina
Aug 5th 2012, 10:56
A happy birthday to the man who eradicated poverty from Malta.Ad multos annos Perit !
Joe Busuttil
Aug 5th 2012, 10:23
The few PNers commenting down below just do not know their history . I never got anything personally from the MLP,but I appreciate that Dom did much to make the life of the poorer of the citizens much better than it was before he came to power. And I used to hear of the hardships my father and grandfather and fellow workers used to go through. No pensions,no workers unions, no voting rights for women or for the lower classes, free education, affordable homes for everybody, voting right age lowered to 18 years etc etc ... And the church aiding and abetting the PN to conserve its privileges ( by threats of the mizbla and eternal damnation. You even had to have the parish priest's blessing to be considered for a government job.) The list is too long to go on. So ,I guess that Dom did take us out of the middle ages Mr Gove,and you too should wish him a happy birthday and ad multos annos (or whatever).
martin said
Aug 5th 2012, 11:47
And budgets with Tonn Taz Zejt prices. Come on!!
Are we all really STUPID??
Rocco Camilleri
Aug 5th 2012, 12:33
Ghidilhom Sur,Busuttil kemm nies tas-sengha u mhumiex kellhom jemmigraw lejn l-Australia jew xi pajjiz iehor fi zmienhom. Sa anke jhallsulhom il-passagg kienu biex zgur jibghatuhom. Araw jekk issibhux xi tifel/a minn taghhom jekk kellhomx il-bzonn jghamlu dan ? Nghidlek li zgur li mhux se' issibu hlif lil dawk li baghathom fuq xi kors, ghax l-ohrajn kollha kienu jsibulhom xi post. Ara lili u hafna ohrajn le, ghax kellna nhallu lil genituri u hutna warajna u nitilqu. Taf x'misshom jghidu tal- PN li fi zmien Mintoff kien hemm min beda jigi lura minn barra mhux bhall zmienhom. Forsi insew dawn ghax ihobbu jinsew fejn iridu.
Joe Busuttil
Aug 5th 2012, 13:29
@Martin.-----Budgets with "tonn taz-zejt.?" Maybe yes ,that is overdoing it a bit,but the budgets were also about how much Air Malta was contributing to the country,and Mid-Med, and Sea Malta, and BOV, and...... but we run out of space whenever we discuss what this great man has achieved. Just remember that when Mintoff took over the running of the country there was no minimum wage and also no children's allowance scheme. So as many wages were 5pounds a week or less, the standard of living was very low. Mintoff eradicated this with hard and serious work,and with great negotiating skills, in sharp contrast with today's leaders,when poverty is again rearing its ugly head (and it's not the PL only which is saying so).
Ronnie Callus
Aug 5th 2012, 14:10
U hallina Martin daqshekk biss taf tikteb !!!!! Il-Budgets ta' llum lanqas edeja maghandhom hdejn ta' zmienu ghax hlif f'DEFECITS ma' jispiccawx. Gvern li jghamel progetti ( jekk tista issejhilhom hekk) li maghandhux minn fejn ihallas. Jew jghid li ser jigu jiswew mod u jispiccaw mod iehor. Dejjem ghola u qatt inqas alla jbierek. Dik li 'STUPIDNESS' kollha li semmejt Sur. Said ghax gibtu l-pajjiz gharkupptejh jekk ukoll mhux aghar.
mark borg
Aug 5th 2012, 09:58
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU LEGEND !
Vince Piscopo
Aug 5th 2012, 09:54
Ad multos annos Perit. Kont ghadek u tibqa missier Malta hielsa u l akbar mexxej li qatt kellha Malta jghidu x jghidu ta kontrina!!!
D Sandman
Aug 5th 2012, 09:44
Nawguralek prim. Mintoff ma kienx perfett imma taqra certu kummenti tghid imma dan nies maltin, jafuha l istorja ta malta? jew jafu li qabel it tmeninijiet kien hemm is sebghajniet u sahhansita is sittinijiet.
Ronnie Callus
Aug 5th 2012, 10:17
Sew qed tghid, ghax dawn ma' kienux nies li kellhom jitturufnaw pajjizhom fis-sittinijiet bhalma kelli nghamel jien. Dawn huma nies li jew ma jafhux li storja jew ma' jridhux ikunu jafuha jew wisq izjed mhumiex 'SINCIRA' .Veru hawn nies li ghandhom ammghad quddiem ghajnejhom li dak li hu iswed jghidulu iswed u dak li hu abjad jghidulu abjad. Ic-Cikkulata jsemmena qiesna konna qed nghixu fuq ic-cikkulata, ma' jghidhux imma li kellna biex nixtru mhux bhal lum b'Id wahda wara u l-ohra quddiem kif gabna dan il-Gvern bil-kontijiet tad-Dawl u l-Ilma etc; etc; Wiehed ma jridtx jinsa wkoll li fi zmien Mintoff is-servizzi ta' l-ilma u d-dawl kien itihomna b'xejn mhux bhall lum trid thallas il-belli euro. Morr staqsu liz-zaghzagh li qed jibnu xi post.. Mhemmx SINCERITA f'dawn in-nies li jghidu kontra.
D Sandman
Aug 5th 2012, 12:12
Ronnie u biex m semmux li meta spicca il Gvern ta MLP f 1987 halla 1.5 biljun ewri f riservi
Ronnie Callus
Aug 5th 2012, 18:27
@ D.SANDMAN:
U zguuuur dik ohra li ma' jsemmuhiex ghax ma' jaqblilhomx hux tassew. Dan iffisser li ma' dejn li ghandu l-pajjiz trid izzid maghhom dawk il-flus ( 1.5 biljun ewro f'riservi) li halliilhom Mintoff li tant bi hdura jghajruh. Irid ikollok wiccek bla zejt biex issemmi l-ftit li mar hazin kontra l-HAFNA TAJJEB li ghamel. Grazzi Sandman.
RONALD ARRY
Aug 5th 2012, 09:30
nahseb il bicca lkbira ta daw li jitkellmu kontra lperit kolla hadu xi bicca art b xejn fi zmienu u llum andom il frott taghha , gonzi ha jtijilek lart bxejn illum itik imma mux bxejn ,igibek fix xejn, awguri perit dak it tajjeb li amilt int mas socjeta mux dejjem jissemma imma kulhad ibenefika minnu ,kuragg ha tkompli tara lil pn jizzarma u jitfarrak wahdu
David Magro
Aug 5th 2012, 09:24
Grazzi Perit Mintoff ta` li ghamilt mal fqir u l-baghtut. Nawguralek l-isbah xewqat f`gheluq zmienek.
stephen koludrovic
Aug 5th 2012, 08:55
Dom has lived his life as a gladiator, and will eventually die as one.
Enjoy your birthday Dom.
Rocco Camilleri
Aug 5th 2012, 08:48
Well done Mr.Mintoff you fought against all odds and with the help of 'GOD' you always won. Augur you for the 96th Birthday and more strenght to enjoy. A Big thanks to all those who care for you because you deserve much lot for you have done to the Maltese nation.
Jesmond Chetcuti
Aug 5th 2012, 08:08
ad multos annos perit.....
Wenzu Vella
Aug 5th 2012, 08:00
There are many who hate the Great Man Mr Mintoff but they are not ashamed to enjoy the benefits of what this Great Man did for Malta and its people.
Most of the times you find that those with the loudest voices against Mr Mintoff are those who had their snouts in the gravy trough and lost it or those who thought and are still thinking that their birth right puts them above the law and in the basket of untouchables.
Charlene Bonnici
Aug 5th 2012, 08:12
Well said!!!
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Aug 5th 2012, 08:19
Spot on!
Rocco Camilleri
Aug 5th 2012, 08:44
Very well said.
Lawrence Fenech
Aug 5th 2012, 08:55
@Wenzu
Agreed.
Paul Giordimaina
Aug 5th 2012, 09:10
What he did is like one crossing the chanel and drawned next to the shore
G Tonna
Aug 5th 2012, 06:11
This guy did some good but at least half the population doesn't like him and there must be some reason for it which requires volumes to explain.
Eddy Privitera
Aug 5th 2012, 08:15
Even Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami falls into that category ! As far as Lawrence Gonzi goes, not just half the population don't like him, but even 1/3 of the "nationalist" part of the population !
Mr Joseph Carmel Chetcuti
Aug 5th 2012, 08:18
The same comment can be made of KMB, Fenech Adami, Sant and Gonzi! Half the population never likes you.
Robert Zammit
Aug 5th 2012, 04:10
Happy Birthday Dinosaurs Dom ! enjoy and wisher
Paul Giordimaina
Aug 5th 2012, 09:11
Thats your opinion Eddie we love him
Anthony A. Mifsud
Aug 5th 2012, 02:35
Happy birthday mil Qalb perit..
Ninu.
Mario Camilleri
Aug 5th 2012, 01:44
@Bertrand Gove,
Jekk int penzjonant, grazzi lil Mintoff trid tgħid għax għal sħabek int ma kontx tajjeb għall-penzjoni għax tispiċċa tlegliga nbid. U jekk għadek ma lħaqtix, ibda aħseb għaliha għax jekk allaħaresqatt jerga jitla Gonzi, trid tara minfejn ser iġġib, inkella tikriepa ġo rokna għal-mewt tispiċċa. Tinsix li Gonzi kien li l-penzjoni ġabha 65 u jridha 67 u jrid li kulħadd ifaddal għaliha.
U jekk għandek xogħol irringrazzja l'Alla mhux lil Gonzi għax jekk allaħaresqatt jerga jitla addio l-€1.16 żieda fil-ġimgħa għalik għax għalih ser ikun hemm €600 fil-ġimgħa, imma għalik xogħol prekarju ser issib jistennik.
U żomm waħda f'moħħok, li ċ-ċertifikat tal-inkompetenza lil Gonzi mhux il-PL jew Joseph qed jagħtulul, imma ffirmawulu FD, JM u JPO ittimbraħħulu bis-sigill.
These are the true dark ages!!
Paul Giordimaina
Aug 5th 2012, 09:14
What a lot of crab Mario no one did anything except Mintoff tipical PL propoganda issa madux traditur?
CJ Delia
Aug 5th 2012, 01:40
Best piece of news I've read all week!
As for the guy who's on about the sixties, newspapers and hospitals, let me remind him that it was Gonzi's (the archbishop) influence, aided and abetted by the anti-workers movement, which was the cause that (Labour's) newspapers were banned from hospitals and most other places, as was the infamous "dfin fil-mizbla" for Labourites, no absolution at confessions and tons more "hnizrijiet".
Anyway, Ad Multos annos Perit. May the good Lord be with you always.
Paul Giordimaina
Aug 5th 2012, 09:17
Its ok for you to mention the past but when we mention the past you say that we are living in 2012 always say the opposite.
Philip Mizzi
Aug 5th 2012, 00:45
Mintoff once again shows what a 'fighter' he is. He is not used to loosing, he knows only how to win. Many even critised him as being a bad looser, which I think he is. But this is because he is a natural winner. I cannot help but to be a great admirer of this man who although human like the rest of us, refuses to loose.
Another great leader, Winston Churchill once said, "You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life", something which Mintoff certainly did, making enemies on the way.
Lord Carington described him as the hardest negotiator he ever came across and he demonstated great respect to our Dom (the nationalist propaganda machine do not say this, I wonder why).
The old lion roars again. Long live Dom!
R. Gauci
Aug 5th 2012, 00:39
Mintoff kien il-bniedem li nehha l-ghanqbut min mohh il-Maltin, beda jeduka lill-ulied il-poplu, beda jfihem lill-popolin li bla sens taghmel tuzzani ta` tfal meta biex titmahom m'ghandekx ghax tkabbar il-faqar fil-familji, ta` drittijiet lill-persuni omosesswali, irrikonoxxa d-dritt tal-vot lin-nisa u zaghzagh, ghallimna li mhux kull ma kienet taghmel il-Knisja u tbezza bid-dimonju biex jaghmlu li jridu bik kien gust u ta` dan kollu bata hafna flimkien ma eluf ta` Laburisti. Dan flimkien ma affarijiet ohra materjali.
Allura kif jista jigi bniedem bhas-Sur Gove jghid li konnha fid-Dark Ages? Jaqaw ma ghex is-snin 60?
Ad Multos Annos Perit u grazzi ta` kollox f'ismi u f'isem familti li llum sirna nies u kkwalifikajna, haga li qablek bin is-sinjur biss setgha jaghmel.
Joseph Camilleri
Aug 5th 2012, 00:05
Qabel ma jara lil partit taghna fil gvern, missier Malta mhux se jhalli lil din id dinja, u j'alla tighx mitt sena ohra perit. Awguri mill qalb, ftit gimghat ohra u il mimi ta ghajnejh, il partit Laburista li holoq hu stess, issa jmiss li jkun qed imexxi lil din l'art li inti tant thobb u hdimt ghalija perit! Awguri u j'alla jbierkek b'aktar sahha ghas snin li jmiss.
J. Scicluna
Aug 4th 2012, 23:35
Cent'anni Perit! :-)
Bertrand Gove
Aug 4th 2012, 23:22
No one can erase history, no matter how hard one tries to. Joseph Muscat's feeble attempt to apologise for Labour's Past proves it.
Eddy Privitera
Aug 5th 2012, 08:21
Bertrand Gove: Issa ghidilna INT jew il-familja tieghek, inthomx qed tgawdu mill-pensjoni jew servizzi socjali kollha li dahhal Mintoff f'pajjizna ! Nahseb li aktar INT imissek taghmel apologija lil-Mintoff !
Ronnie Callus
Aug 5th 2012, 10:05
@ Bertrand Gove:
Veru jrid ikollok qalbek berzuta biex tithaddet hekk. Mela ma' tafx jew ma' tiftakarx li l-Haddiem kien jispicca bla pensjoni, li l-genituri ma' kellhomx 'Children Allowance, li Malta ma' kelliex linja Nazzjonali ta l-ajru ( li hlibtuha), linja Nazzjonali tal-Bahar, Skejjel Tas-Snajja minn fejn hargu hafna nies bis-sengha li taw ghajnuna fl-Industriji li kellna bzonn wara t-tluq tas-Servizzi Inglizi, Malta ssir Repubblika wara l-Indipendenza bi' President Malti, lin-nisa jkollhom il-vot, li z-zaghzagh minn 18 il-sena jiehdu l-vot, gimgha ta' 40 siegha, Leave u Sick leave ghal kulhadd u dan kollu dovut lil Duminku Mintoff. Ara issa ghandna Prim Ministru minghajr team li qed jipprova jaqbad ma kull tibna.Pajiz fejn kellu 'Surplus' fil-kaxxa ta' Malta gibtuh midjun bil-kbir fejn qed nieklu milli mghandnhiex u d-dejn dejjem jikber. Din vera li storja fejn int ghitd li ma' tithassarx Bertrand.
carmel cassar
Aug 5th 2012, 11:16
agree 100%,buthistory is made out of volumes no a few pages. It also makes a difference where you get the information from. We the grey haired ones live it from the thirties, so no one can twist history fo us. That is the differnce, you have to read others biased write ups.
mark borg
Aug 4th 2012, 22:53
PROSIT JA SALVATUR ! U NAWGURALEK TGHIX MITT SENA OHRA !
mark borg
Aug 4th 2012, 22:52
@Bertrand Gove
nixtiqek tilluminana u tghidilna fuq id dark ages ...ghax id dark ages mintoff hareg lil malta min tahthom meta tela kemm fill 55 u anke mis 71 il qudiem wara il faqar u dizastru li sab wara it tmexxija tal gvern tal pn (li ken hemm biss bir rih tal knisja)
carmel cassar
Aug 4th 2012, 22:24
Mr Gove mintoff was not in power in the sixties, so he is not responsible;not to let the newspaper in St. Luke's hospital. I was an in patient at that time.Democratic country we were then,or not?
Franco Farrugia
Aug 5th 2012, 06:17
But Mintoff was certainly in power in the 70s and 80s when The Times was burnt to the ground. Or do you choose to forget that? And does this newspaper remember?
Jesmond Chetcuti
Aug 5th 2012, 08:14
Franco, yes the 70 and the 80 were the times were, you could own your propert without being in debt for your whole life, times were pensioneers were respected and didnt need to beg after long years of work, years were the foundations of the social services were layed (social services that are going to end up in history in some years time), the list is very long, but some of you choose to highlight the low part of Doms life. Everywhere and everytime to achieve history a strong person needs to rock the boat, and when it happens some people are going to fall in the water , bu t for the benefit of thousands....
francis x caruana
Aug 4th 2012, 22:18
happy birthday don.
Paul Giordimaina
Aug 5th 2012, 09:21
Jesmond when you could have a property and taked for a MLP club.
Joe Busuttil
Aug 4th 2012, 21:03
Good news. May you celebrate many more birthdays ,Perit. You deserve it because you were the one who took Malta out of the Middle Ages.
Bertrand Gove
Aug 4th 2012, 21:29
And into the dark ages joe. But this may have escaped you, so there you go.
Philip Mizzi
Aug 4th 2012, 21:43
Bertrand, you are brainwashed by the nationalist propaganda machine. Mintoff put malta on the political map, he eradicated poverty and built malta on our best resource, i.e. our human resources u il-kapacita' tal-maltin.
Ad multos annos perit. You are the greatest!
jesmond zammit
Aug 4th 2012, 22:09
the only dark ages are today with gonzipn concordia , mr gove.
J CamilleriJC
Aug 4th 2012, 22:13
@ Bertrand Gove
and incredibly enough in 2012 we are still in the dark with all these frequent power cuts!
Joseph Brincat
Aug 4th 2012, 22:16
Bertrand Gove
Dark ages we were before he ( DOM MINTOFF ) came along and changed
our mentality of the Maltese people >> MIND YOU ACCEPT A FEW still running about !!
stephen mifsud
Aug 4th 2012, 23:56
Mr Gove ... Mintoff will always be the greatest leader Malta has everrrr had full stop .... and on a personal note i want to wish you a very very very Happy Birthday Dominku and im so happy you will be with your family to enjoy a nice piece of birthday cake and a tea and i hope you will smile and laugh with your loved ones god bless you Perit .
Franco Farrugia
Aug 5th 2012, 06:16
Most of you seem to have forgotten the dark times in which Mintoff forced us to live. It shows that you were never at the wrong end of the stick. Makes me wonder why. Or maybe it doesn't.
Lawrence Fenech
Aug 5th 2012, 07:01
@Gove.
Shame on you.
Charlene Bonnici
Aug 5th 2012, 08:16
@Franco - because we are on the laborer side that's why!!! Long live our lion!!!
Paul Giordimaina
Aug 5th 2012, 09:23
Il hazin jirrendi
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