Endless arguments are taking place about the management of Mater Dei Hospital. The inefficient running of the hospital is all due to the absence of professional staff.
In the UK, such responsibilities are shouldered by highly trained, qualified hospital secretaries whose role is to run the hospitals efficiently. It is about time for Malta to take a leaf out of the UK book of practice in order to put an end to the disastrous state of affairs at Mater Dei.
Bright and promising candidates should be sent to the UK to be trained and become professionally qualified hospital secretaries.
Hospital secretaries also assist in the drawing up of a brief for a new hospital or for the expansion of existing buildings.
During my practice as a hospital engineer, I came in contact with various UK hospital secretaries and was always impressed by their knowledge of the workings of a hospital.
In the absence of professional hospital secretaries, the situation at Mater Dei can only continue to deteriorate.