Debono presents motion for halt and review of St Philip's Hospital acquisition process
Nationalist MP Franco Debono has presented a motion in Parliament calling for the process for the acquisition of St Philip's Hospital by the government to be halted until the whole acquisition process in examined by the Auditor-General or the Public Accounts Committee.
In his motion Dr Debono complains that the House was not informed about the acquisition of the hospital, which will involve an outlay of €12 million over a number of years.
This acquisition, he points out, was happening just four years after the government opened Mater Dei Hospital.
The process, so close to a general election, was raising certain doubts which needed to be addressed.
The motion says that the fact that the Health Ministry was long subject to strong criticism for its mismanagement and lack of vision further underlined the need for parliamentary scrutiny.
In his motion Dr Debono also calls for a reform and modernisation of parliamentary standing orders and reforms to give parliament its proper dignity.
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Ronnie Callus
Oct 11th 2012, 13:07
Franco you have the guts to speak, keep it up to the final stages. How come now on the step of an election Dr.Gonzi and Tonio Fenech are finding money for everything and the National Debt and Deficit keeps going high. Is this not serious ????? Hoping that they are kept Accountable for all this.
pat muscat
Oct 11th 2012, 11:13
With those monies the State could have built an extension; a permanet one at that!
Gerard Sammut
Oct 11th 2012, 11:06
Franco Debono is a person who if locked in a room alone will still manage to pick up a fight
j brincat
Oct 11th 2012, 10:41
@Joe Pace Asciak
"M'ghaddiex xahar f'dawn l-ahhar erba' snin u nofs li Gvern Nazzjonalista ma dahhalx mizuri favur is-sahha...."
That's as a result of the fiasco of our state of the art which took more than 15 years to build and cost us more than double the original cost - some €600 million (600,000,000!)
(jb)
Alfred Fenech
Oct 11th 2012, 11:02
Dr Debono Keep it up. Remain tough.
Peter Zahra
Oct 11th 2012, 12:32
So according to your logic, Mater Dei is a fiasco ??
I would like to ask a simple question to all these moaners, if you had the need to go for treatment in hospital and St Luke's was still in operation as it was, which hospital would you prefer ????
And by the way, for your info, it was Dr Alfred Sant that said that Mater Dei is a state of the art.....
Joe Pace Asciak
Oct 11th 2012, 10:32
M'ghaddiex xahar f'dawn l-ahhar erba' snin u nofs li Gvern Nazzjonalista ma dahhalx mizuri favur is-sahha, anki bi ftehim mal-privat. L-MLP lest li, jekk ikun fil-Gvern, jkompli joffri, bla hlas, dawn is-servizzi lill-poplu Malti? Jekk iva, se jaghti assikurazzjoni li ma jkunx hemm diskriminazzjoni bejn fornitur u iehor tas-servizzi medici? Huwa favur jew kontra process ta' decentralizzazzjoni?
j brincat
Oct 11th 2012, 10:28
Prosit Dr Debono!
(jb)
Jon Vercellono
Oct 11th 2012, 10:23
Isn't the MUMN pro this decision? Those supporting this motion - please read into what the professionals are saying. I believe they've said that they welcome the new beds. I'm quite sure that the majority of the rubbish statements below would vastly change should they - god forbid - have a relative needing long-term care and having to rehab inside a corridor.
Jean-Michel Azzopardi
Oct 11th 2012, 10:22
Good stuff Mr.Debono!
j brincat
Oct 11th 2012, 09:14
Remember that there was a similar scenario and this was in Dr Sant's time in 1998!
AND that the PN MPs, out of political convenience, sided with their long time nemesis.
They even shot down an MTA bill to which they had previously agreed to! Ironically this was the FIRST bill that was enacted when the PN regained power in 1998 and have been there ever since!
(jb)
P. Attard
Oct 11th 2012, 09:09
I sincerely hope and wish that the general election is announced in the very near future, so that it will rid us of this person who invents a new issue every time he wakes up. I am absolutely sure it will be his political end and therefore no more stupid declarations on each and every day!
Peter Maughan
Oct 11th 2012, 09:43
I think Mr Attard is wrong. Every Parliament needs a Dr Debono and without such a figure Governments can run unchecked. I think the Maltese Parliament will be a poorer place without him.
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 09:53
P.Attard: If you are thinking, or hoping, that GonziPN will be getting ride of Dr. Franco Debono because he won't be in parliament, I believe that you are gravely mistaken. Dr. Debono seems determined to rid GonziPN of the people who have high jacked the party, according to him. He is still fairly young and time is in his favour.
P. Attard
Oct 11th 2012, 11:37
What happens now if labour had to win the next election (most probability) and say Mr. X pretends a ministerial post which is not given to him; he starts stamping his feet against every initiative taken by his party, which probably would have a one-seat majority. What would happen then? Start another never ending charade?
H. Meilak
Oct 11th 2012, 09:04
Kos min jaf li kieku kien hemm xi deputat laburista fi zmien il-kbir Duminku Mintoff u ressaq xi mozzjoni kontra l-gvern tieghu stess u johodha kontra Mintoff u jajru bil-klikka jew oligarkija. Min jaf x-xeba kient jaqla dak iz-zmien!
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 09:54
H. Meilak: Kellna l-Mintoff li hada kontra l-gvern u l-partit tieghu fin- 1998. Qatt smajt li qala' xebgha ???
Anthony Falzon
Oct 11th 2012, 10:46
EDDY, MINTOFF MA QALAX XEBA DAK IN NHAR GHAX KIEN GHAD GHANDU IL BULIJIET LABURISTI JIPROTEGUH U GHALEK HADD MA GHAMEL HEKK KONTRA MINTOFF.
H. Meilak
Oct 11th 2012, 14:56
Sur Privitera, mhux ovvja li mhux qed nghid ghal dak iz-zmien jien. Jien qed nghid meta Mintoff kien fl-aqwa tieghu. Kien hemm nies li ma kienu jittolleraw ebda kritika u tinsiex li dawn in-nies l-iktar li ghamlu hsara kien lil partit laburista stess. Ziju tieghu li kien laburist imma kien jirrispetta l-opinjoni ta kulhadd niftakru jghid "dawn in-nies ha jispiccaw ikissruna huma stess."
j brincat
Oct 11th 2012, 09:04
@Francis Saliba M.D.
"“When could it be said till now that talked of Rome,
That her wide walls encompassed but one man?"
Then we have our Caesar and saviour!
(jb)
Ronnie Callus
Oct 11th 2012, 08:42
Jekk hu kif qed jghid Franco Debono li dan rega sar minn wara dhar il-Parlament minghajr l-ebda diskussjoni ta' xejn ghandu mija fil-mija ragun. Barra minnhekk kien ikun aktar ahjar li flok tikri tghamel uzu mill li sptar ta' St.Lukes fejn ghandek il-binja lesta u kulma trid ftit sodod ( jekk mhux diga hemm). Dejjem ahjar li jkollok xi haga tieghek milli xi haga mikrija li qatt mhi tieghek.
Tommy Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 08:59
Bħal dak li qallu kulma jagħmel sptar huma s-sodod.
Mela d-dar tiegħi hija sptar għax għandi s-sodod!
Ronnie Callus
Oct 11th 2012, 09:54
Tommy Vella;
Bl-istess argument lanqas li-sptar St.Philip ma' jghamluh is-sodod ghax irid ikun hemm li staff ( tobba) jmexxuh, u dawn hafna minnhom jekk mhux kollha jahdmu f'Mater Dei. Mela allura id-differenza tkun li flok jahdmu f'St.Philip b'dik il-kera fenominali jahdmu f'St.Lukes bit- 12.000,000 euro. Mhux hekk.
Tommy Vella
Oct 11th 2012, 12:13
Apparti l-istaff ,sptar għandu bzon infrastruttura ta' makkinarju, operating theatres, etc li f'St Philip's hemm u f'St Luke's mhemmx.
Tajjeb inwaħħlu bill-board li titkaża li l-pazjenti jkollhom jistennew u meta ssir xi ħaġa biex dan jiġi evitat ingergru.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Oct 11th 2012, 08:38
“When could it be said till now that talked of Rome,
That her wide walls encompassed but one man?
Now is it Rome indeed and room enough,
When there is in it but only one man.”
(With apologies to Shakespeare, our Parliament and the raging bull in a china shop)
j brincat
Oct 11th 2012, 08:25
J. Debono
"
@ C. Mercieca
Actually Mater Dei was MLP's idea not PN's"
Are you for real?
And how did you come to this absurd conclusion?
(jb)
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 09:59
C. Merciaca; Actually, Mater Dei was Fr. Charles Vella ( a great supporter of the PN) idea. His plan was that the hospital would be run by the italian hospital, San Raffaele in which Fr. Vella was involved.
Anthony Paul Naudi
Oct 11th 2012, 08:00
Min jaf li kieku tigi konsidrata l-ideja li minflok jinkera sptar bl-istess flus jigi rrangat l-isptar San Luqa ? Mhux ahjar inkunu oggettivi u nwarrbu kull passjoni politika ? Wara kollox bil-botti m'ahna ser naslu mkien.
A.P.Naudi
Anthony Paul Naudi
Oct 11th 2012, 06:56
Ejjew inkunu oggettivi fil-kummenti taghna u ma nitkellmux b'certa passjoni politika. Mhux ahjar li flok nghamlu kummenti li ma jwasslu imkien noffru idejat li jwasslu ghal xi haga siewja ? jien ma naqbilx li il-Gvern ghandu jikri l-isptar St. Phillip's imma naqbel li bil-flus li ser jintfqu ghall-kera ghandu jigi irrangat l-isptar San Luqa.
Maria Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 04:33
Franco Debono, issa anke mas-sahha tal-poplu se tilghab?
R. Balzan
Oct 11th 2012, 09:11
@ Maria Camilleri - Franco mhux qed jilghab mas-sahha tal-poplu ghax dik loghba tal-PN. Imma qed ihares l-interessi ta' flusek u flusi.
Maria Camilleri
Oct 11th 2012, 14:11
Mela meta l-gvern jahseb biex jaghti servizzi ahjar fis-sahha lill-poplu ikun qed jilghab bi flusna? X'kont tghid kieku ghamel hekk il-partit laburista? Nahseb li kont taqbel mal-kiri tal-isptar u ma kontx tghid li l-gvern qed jilghab bi flusna.
Joe Portelli
Oct 10th 2012, 22:45
Franco , if Dr Muscat , who is the real opposition of the PN by choice of the voters and not you, because the PN saw through you - If Dr Muscat the Leader of the opposition had any inkling whatsoever of any wrong doing we know he would be the first to expose or point this out.
Dr Muscat has at least so far refrained from coming out against the rental of additional bedding facilities.
Jimmy Ventura
Oct 10th 2012, 22:11
Does the price include the old equipment. How much money is needed to renovate the closed hospital. What is the number of beds available. Is the parking space adequate. Will the parking space be given to some blue eyed klikka to milk the public using the hospital. Does the price include the land or is there an annual rent on the land.
R. Balzan
Oct 10th 2012, 21:53
Well done Franco. With your initiative and perseverance we seem to be getting some things moving in this country. If only we had more MPs like you.
A Farrugia
Oct 10th 2012, 21:45
Naqbel perfetament ma Dr Debono, mela ftit gimghat qabel elezzjoni ghandhom issiru kuntratti bhall dawn, trid tkun tghix fi shab biex ma tindunax x'qed jigri kollox bil goff basta jintrebhu il voti, li ma sarx f'erba snin u nofs irrid issir fi ftit gimghat, Dr Debono keep up the good work almenu hemm xi hadd li jista jitkellem f'isem ic cittadin komuni bhalna.
Mr Joe Micallef
Oct 10th 2012, 21:29
I love it when I read PL lil elves suggesting refurbishing St.Luke's
It’s like when they turned army barracks into schools, built a Freeport without foundations, built roads on clay, had an asbestos hut for an airport, generated energy from coal, purchased a scrapped telephone system etc etc
Partit tal-habba gozz
joseph green
Oct 10th 2012, 21:21
L ahhar ftit baqalek Franco , u tisparixxi mil parlament . Ex- votant tieghek.
A. Borg
Oct 10th 2012, 21:17
Ghal fuq l-ixkaffa bhal tal-car parks!
Keith Davis
Oct 10th 2012, 21:04
Dear Prime Minister, please call for election and end Franco Debono's unstopping farce!
Many many people both nationalists and labourites have had totally enough of this guy trying to turn this country into a sitcom!.
Eddy Privitera
Oct 10th 2012, 21:03
Prosit Franco ! Ta' min wiehed ifakkar x'kien qal Dr. Lawrence Gonzi ftit tas-snin ilu, meta qal : " Xejn ma jsir b'kumbinazzjoni" !
U kumbinazzjoni qeghdin lejliet elezzjoni generali. U kumbinazzjonin ohra, sa ftit tax-xhur ilu, is-sid tal-isptar, Dr. Frank Portelli, kien qieghed jikkritika bl-ahrax is-settur tas-sahha u l-problemi ta' Mater Dei, specjalment dwar is-sodod fil-kurituri !
Alfred Cassar
Oct 10th 2012, 21:28
Mela lbierah is-sur Eddie gerger li fl-isptar Mater Dei m'hemmx sodod bizzejjed.......... u llum igerger ghax il-Gvern se jiehu l-isptar St Philip
Ara veru certu nies twieldu f'din id-dinja propju biex jeqirdu fuq kollox.....lanqas it-tfal zghar ma jaghmlu bhalhom
Joseph Portelli
Oct 10th 2012, 21:45
Ara min qieghed jghid prosit lil Franco!!!!!!!!!! nimmagina li Franco ferhan hafna l-lejla ghax Eddy qallu Prosit (mhux eddie ta'!!!). Dan hu l-istess Eddy li tant hadem biex Malta ma tidholx fl-Unjoni Ewropea; li tant ghadu jahdem biex Malta tohrog mill-Unjoni Ewropea .
Joseph Camilleri
Oct 10th 2012, 22:13
@ eddy privitera
mela la qed tiehu gost b dan nista nistaqsik jekk stajtx taghmel hekk fi zmien mintoff jekk ma tkunx taqbal mieghu?
John Scerri
Oct 11th 2012, 08:22
Ghaziz Eddy Tista ssemmi haga wahda...wahba biss tajba li ghamel dan il gvern? jew tiehu pjacir b'dak kollu li hu kontrih?
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 10:09
Joseph Camilleri: Mela Mintoff qatt kien se jaghmel il-frejjeg li ghamel il_PN fil-kuntratt ta' mater Dei , li jispicca jkollu jibni sptar iehor hdejh, u jikri sptar iehor privat ?!
Eddy Privitera
Oct 11th 2012, 10:14
John Scerri: Tridni nsemmi haga wahda li ghamel tajjeb dan il-gvern mela le. Meta m'accettax li Malta tidhol fil-ftehim dwar it-taxxa fuq transazznjonijiet finanzjarji. Ohra. Is-settur tal- internet gaming u l-Sevizzi Finanzjarji, li l-oppozizzjoni laburista qablet 100% maghhom u kkoperat. Tajjeb hekk ? Issa tista tghidli int xi haga tajba li ghamel il-Labour ?
John Scerri
Oct 12th 2012, 07:36
Mela le ghaziz Eddie : holoq is servizzi socjali , pensjoni minima, vot ghan nisa, edukazjoni sa sittax, paga ugwali ghan nisa u l-irgiel, nehha t-tallaba mit toroq, holoq djar u flats ghal dawk fil bzonn, children's allowances, sahha b'xejn, holoq welfare state Dan kollu kien u ghadu tajjeb.
Imma dan kollu u aktar ghamlu Mintoff BISS u Leader laburista stess ghajru traditur u n-nies emmnuh !
Barney Camilleri
Oct 10th 2012, 21:02
I still consider that St. Luke Hospital can be refurbished. Why all this rush few weeks before election?
When I consider this government handling in education with a New School every year, yet NOT ONE on the government bench sent his children to these New Schools.
Will I be correct to assume that this St. Philip Hospital will end up a hospital for those inside the circle of the inner circle.
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Oct 10th 2012, 23:46
Just NO . It is for the people and if you are against it like Franco then you are against the welfare of the people.
Ms D. Borg
Oct 11th 2012, 08:00
Those on the 'government bench' have every right to send their children to the school of their choice just like you and me. So let's stop this nit picking once and for all please.
J. Camilleri
Oct 10th 2012, 20:47
Prosit Franco... fl-ahhar sabu lil xi hadd jifqilhom ta' vera. Mela jaghmlu li jridu. Jien miniex kontra investiment fil-qasam tas-sahha.. anzi...
pero l-affarijiet irridu jkunu transparenti... b'dawk il-flus intellaw sular iehor mater dei, u jkollna kollox f' post wiehed.
Ethelbert Schembri
Oct 10th 2012, 20:46
Any abnormal contracts must be stopped and investigated because we are too close to the general election and we all know the PN and they way they go crazy in this time !!!
C Mercieca
Oct 10th 2012, 20:44
PN government spent hundreds of milions of euros from our taxes just few years ago to build Mater Dei, and this is already not meeting the peoples' necessity. The acquisition of St Philips Hospital is a confirmation of PN government failure.
Lawrence Fenech
Oct 10th 2012, 21:12
@Mercieca.
The Mater Dei which took 15 years to build cost 600,000,000 euros instead of 300,000,000 euros. Usually government contracts are given a 5% miscalculation either way i.e. plus or minus.
J. Debono
Oct 11th 2012, 06:58
@ C. Mercieca
Actually Mater Dei was MLP's idea not PN's.
If you remember correctly the PN wanted to keep SLH and buidl the then called San Raffaele, which was going to be a specialized hospital with only 400 beds.
It was Alfred Sant's idea to stop SLH and instead upgrade San Raffaele to a general hospital, and doubled the beds from 400 to 800. The PN continued with MLP's idea.
Brian Gatt
Oct 11th 2012, 08:39
J.Debono,
you are slightly wrong MLP yes changed the plans to upgrade San Raffaele to a general hospital to house up to 1000 beds, then the Pn cam back in Govt and re-changed the plans to have a hospital that can house 600 beds.
That is the difference between the two parties PL is a forward thinking party - if the Original MLP plans were kept we would not be in this situation.
Kevin Sciberras
Oct 10th 2012, 20:40
2BFRANK has now become 2BFRANCO!
Well done Franco, we need more movers and shakers like you. Don't let them put you down. If they don't let you run for the General Elections don't worry the MEPs are around the corner. Regardless what banner you run under you have my ONE
Peter Murray
Oct 10th 2012, 20:33
Everyone slags Mr.DeBono off but he is right a lot of the time and is the only one with the cojones to put himself on the line and tell it like it is and to be different should not mean diffident.and should be respected.
anthony bartolo
Oct 10th 2012, 22:34
Another spoke in the wheel for a change......................any motions please?
S.M. Cuschieri
Oct 10th 2012, 20:33
What the heck........????? A finger in every pie it seems....LOLOL!!!
Dennis Zammit
Oct 10th 2012, 20:25
Maybe someone should review Franco Debono's YEAR 2 test results . . . one must presume that they are of someone else.
Joseph Borg
Oct 10th 2012, 20:24
Kos ... minn mindu Lawrence Gonzi ma kkunsidrax lil Franco Debono fl-ahhar 'reshuffle' Alla jbierek kollox saru jaghmlu hazin in-Nazzjonalisti, GROW UP FRANCO!!
Dennis Zammit
Oct 10th 2012, 20:23
Who and when will someone HALT Franco Debono?
Freddie Micallef
Oct 10th 2012, 22:43
what for ..because he is saying the truth?...tell me where he is wrong mr zammit
anthony bartolo
Oct 10th 2012, 22:58
Franco qal ''Taghjthom cans bizzejjed'' ................ u dan minn hu u lill minn ta cans,mela hu mhux pati mill gvern.?...........jew mill opposizzjoni ghax issa qed nithawwad.
Mr Anthony Briffa
Oct 11th 2012, 08:21
As soon as Dr. Gonzi blows the whistle there goes Dr. Franco Debono and all his heroic motions against his own party and will become political history. Fr. Debono is very conveniently forgetting that he was elected on the PN ticket and the votes he received are votes which belong to the PN party. I am sure that the PN supporters who voted Dr. Louis Galea feel cheated now after voting in Dr. Debono.
Andrea Sammut
Oct 10th 2012, 20:20
Haha Debono is fishing for a reason to vote against the government... miskin franco miskin
Eddy Privitera
Oct 10th 2012, 21:07
Andrea Sammut: Miskin il-poplu Malti li dan il-gvern ghabbieh diga b'aktar mid-dobbju tad-dejn nazzjonali li kien hemm qabel. U qed ikompli jzid ir-rata b'dawn il-kuntratti bl-addocc !
Joseph Borg
Oct 10th 2012, 23:02
I agree perfectly with you.
Mr Anthony Briffa
Oct 11th 2012, 09:48
Did you forget Privitera when your friend KMB employed 8,500 persons with the government and para statal bodies before the 1987 election from which we are still suffering their expenditure contribution in the deficit? Did you forget the continuous drain of public funds that went into the drydocks and malta shipyards because of the militancy that governed the goings there? Hallina Privitera.
j brincat
Oct 10th 2012, 20:19
But obliviously the government will use all the filibustering in the world (now they have become experts) to prevent this motion from being heard till the government will untimely fall down!
(jb)
Mr Joseph Galea
Oct 10th 2012, 21:49
I think you meant obviously. It seems you are oblivious of the meaning of the word obliviously. And the government will fall down from where? For whom are you writing jb?
Lawrence Attard
Oct 10th 2012, 20:18
Prosit Onor. Debono, hafna ghandom dubji serji dwar dan il ftehem, l-gvern ghandu jkun car fuqhom, "should come clean about them". Niskanta kif ir-rapprezentanti ta l-oppozzizjoni fil-kumitat ma tkellmux jew qajmu mistoqsijiet dawr dan. Vera li msallbin bis-servizz ta' l-isptar pero l-affarijiet ma jsirux Mhux ahjar b'dawn il miljuni jirranga parti minn San Luqa? Jew hemm xi haga ppjanata jaqaw?
Freddie Micallef
Oct 10th 2012, 22:44
naqbel perfettament mieghek
mark borg
Oct 10th 2012, 20:14
ara veru sirna hadd ma jista jghamel xejn hawn malta.
x fija hazin billi jaqdu erba hbieb u jhalluwhom jaqilu lira bil kwiet qabel iwarbb Dr.Gonzi ? dan Frank miskin kienu ilhom ituh bis sieq ,imbilli issa jtuh 12 il miljun ewro lanqas li min butkhom .
P. Ciantar
Oct 10th 2012, 20:13
Franco ma kollox jaqbad anki ma xi haga tajba kif deskritta mill MUMN. Ivvota kontra l gvern u spicca imma wara tintesa bhal ma ntesa Cole fil 1955.
pat muscat
Oct 10th 2012, 20:09
Fl-ahhar tlett gimghat qam mir-raqda GonziPN; mhux ta b'xejn li issa Tonio Fenech hareg jghid li bilance tat-deficit jista jaghmlu biss gvern iehor: fis-sena 2015: mur erga afdahom!
Toni Borg
Oct 10th 2012, 20:07
I second the motion!
Rather than spending, or rather giving. Eur6million to Frank Portelli over 8 years the Government
should consider refurbishing St Lukes which is hardly being used.
Such works will definitely cost less than the above sum and will continue to be enjoyed beyond 8 years!
An enquiry is definitely in place here!
R. Saliba
Oct 10th 2012, 20:22
and how do you know how much it will cost?
Ray Buhagiar
Oct 10th 2012, 20:23
Are you aware that buying medical equipment for St.Lukes will cost more than 12 million euros.
J Busuttil
Oct 10th 2012, 20:06
Now he is turning against us Maltese and our health requirements, No more waiting lists jaqaw Franco you have become a joke.
Martin Saliba
Oct 10th 2012, 20:54
It was your goverment who went against the peoples health when they designed and built a hospital smaller than what we had when that was allready getting to be to small . Some might say they did not know what they were doing . In my opinion they knew very well what they were doing . Now it is time to reap the rewards of what seemed to be incompitence but was not
Eddy Privitera
Oct 10th 2012, 21:09
J.Busuttil Li qed jitlob Franco hu li jsir skrutinju serju indipendenti mill-Awditur Generali u l-parlament halli l-poplu jinghata sodisfazzjon dwar dan il-kuntratt ta' tant miljuni. Jaqaw int ma tixtieqx tkun taf l-affarijiet sarux sewwa jew le ?
J Busuttil
Oct 10th 2012, 21:33
@ Martin Saliba
It seems you forgot that Labour had two years in government whilst the hospital was in construction, and the plans were even amended. No problem keep on moaning about the bed spaces l-aqwa il- Labour jghid le ghall kollox.
If (God forbid) you or your family need to be hospitalised and no bed is available than you will realise that you and all who agree with you were wrong.
Mr Albert Dimech
Oct 10th 2012, 20:02
Well done Franco, this is a SCANDALOUS deal, involving a friend of friends.
Mark Piscopo
Oct 10th 2012, 20:00
Kien hemm bzonn jinkera sptar privat maghluq, meta l-Gvern ghandu sptar St Lukes li hu tieghu li mhux jintuza? B'miljun Euro ghal 15 il-sena kien igibu genna tal-art u wara hmistax il-sena jibqa' tal-Poplu Malti .
Prosit Dr Debono, ghal darb'ohra mal-Poplu.
Jana Vella
Oct 10th 2012, 20:08
Who told you St. Luke's is empty??? Just pay a short visit there and you'll see several wards still housing elderly people!!!
J Busuttil
Oct 10th 2012, 20:09
@ Mark Piscopo
I thought you are more intelligent. Don't you know that most of the equipment was transferred to Mater Dei. Some of the equipment is worth more than 12 million to purchase. Grow up.
GL Calleja
Oct 10th 2012, 19:58
Ease up Franco, Rome was not built in one day. Concentrate on the Budget and the NO confidence vote first. Eating to much all at once will give you a stomach ache. Remember what happened to the race between the hare and the turtle???
Bernard Pollacco
Oct 10th 2012, 19:54
mela fuq kollox ser taqbad sur debono ???
J Zammit
Oct 11th 2012, 07:38
jekk hemm bzonn, hemm bzonn...
jien nixtieq li l'MUNM ikollha is soddod kollha li ghanda bzonn... imma bi prezz ragonevoli u mhux nispiccaw inhalsu kera fuq post li jiswa daqs il kera li ser inhalsu
John Aquilina
Oct 10th 2012, 19:53
Issa m'ghadniex nibku li hemm il waiting lists u l-pazjenti jistennew?
Mr Albert Dimech
Oct 10th 2012, 20:00
Minn qallek li dan ser isolvi l-waiting lists meta dan ser ikun għar-rijabilitzzjoni u mhux spar akut?
R. Saliba
Oct 10th 2012, 20:23
Mr Dimech, hwo many operations were cancelled this year due to shortage of beds?
Please choose the reason of your report below: