The capacity problems at Mater Dei continue to dominate the news scene.
All sort of solutions are being discussed but these skirt around the basic problem which is not being addressed: the severe shortage of beds at Mater Dei.
This had not been foreseen at the time it was built, so the writing on the wall has been there for a long time and it now needs to be taken seriously as it can only get worse.
We have a building waiting to be reinstated, the old St Luke’s Hospital. This is a beautiful, architecturally sound building which, if refurbished, could serve as Malta’s badly needed second hospital.
Our authorities should take the cue from Cicero: “The health of the people is the highest law” and allot health matters the greatest priority.