St John Paul II, the new 200-bed state-of-the-art private hospital to be built at Smart City in Xgħajra, should be open in 2017.

The €100 million private investment, through a new investment company with Maltese and Italian interests, will include a strategic partnership with Johnsons and Johnsons, one of the largest worldwide companies in the health sector. The collaboration will not just be in the provision of materials but also in research and technology.

It will operate mainly in the field of orthopaedic with surgical and outpatient activity and employ 500 people.

Fifty of the hospital’s 200 rooms will be suites and the hospital will collaborate with Maltese professionals, the university and other training institutions.

Francesco Rosi, the director of a managerial team made up of Italians and one Maltese, who will be managing the hospital, told a news conference this morning, the health facility will be built over an area 16,000 square metres but the grounds will cover an area of 23,500 square metres. It will be located in the entrance of Smart City on the left facing the sea.

The hospital will focus on education and research and will also have a cadaver laboratory.

There will be an area dedicated to sports medicine and the concept of personalised medicine will be introduced.

The company running the hospital, Synesis Ltd Malta, together with Italian Society of Personalised Medicine will look at the molecular and metabolic footprint of the individual to come up with products tailored for individual patients.

The hospital will also include the Dynamo Camp Association, a non-profit organisation that hosts children and teens affected by chronic conditions and a foundation for social projects.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Health Minister Konrad Mizzi spoke about the importance of the investment in Malta and the choice of Smart City, that up to two years ago “was a project lagging behind”.

Dr Muscat also noted that the investment came back to back with the agreement for the setting up of the Bart’s Medical School in Gozo.

He welcomed creation of jobs and said there now had to be medium-term educational projects for young people to be prepared to work in the health sector.

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