Corridors around the Emergency Department at Mater Dei Hospital have been turned into quasi-permanent wards and are being given names for ease of reference, according to Paul Pace, president of the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses.

Mr Pace said that instead of addressing the situation, the management last week decided to add 17 more beds and stretchers in corridors in undesignated areas in a bid to address the shortage of beds, a perennial problem at the five-year-old State hospital.

Only last Thursday, the situation there reached “alarming levels”, he said, with all possible spaces taken up, including corridors and side-rooms.

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