The Sir Anthony Mamo oncology centre adjacent to Mater Dei Hospital was inaugurated this afternoon by Health and Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi, Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne and the Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds, Ian Borg.

Prime minister Joseph Muscat could not attend due to family mourning.

In their speeches the three acknowledged the work of the former Nationalist government, which kicked off the project.

Dr Mizzi said the government was planning to upgrade other facilities to the high standards of this facility, including the Gozo Hospital, St Luke's and Mt Carmel Hospital.

The guests included former Health Minister Joe Cassar and the shadow minister for health, Claudette Buttigieg.

Archbishop Charles Scicluna blessed the facility.

The new 113-bed centre received its first outpatients in December. The migration of services from Boffa Hospital started last month and was completed last week. New state-of-the art linear accelerators have now been commissioned.
 
The site of the new oncology centre started being excavated in 2010 and building started in 2012. 

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