A dedicated service to treat and correct children’s early foot deformities will start being provided by Malta’s first Podopaediatrics Clinic that opened in Birkirkara yesterday.
The Health Ministry clinic has been decorated in a way that makes children feel comfortable and is equipped with a foot imprinter, a footwork scanner and a foot measure. It was financed by the Vodafone Malta Foundation.
An estimated 800 children will be seen by the clinic every year. It is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 8 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. The clinic sees children until the age of 15. For information call 2149 4961.