Mater Dei Hospital has urged outpatients to phone its Customer Care Department to confirm their appointments before calling at the hospital.
It said that some patients had been affected by industrial action ordered by the UHM. Paramedics had also been ordered not to answer the phone and patients were therefore not being informed that their appointments had been called off.
The hospital therefore urged outpatients to phone on 25454184 or 25454286 to confirm their appointments.