Suspicions of financial mismanagement at Mater Dei hospital are to be forwarded for criminal or administrative investigation.

A board looking into the allegations will now be deciding whether to forward the cases it has identified to the Attorney General for administrative review or to the police for criminal investigation, Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia said.

Mr Dalli’s scathing report had highlighted serious lack of control over pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, problems with pay slips, unauthorised transfers of high value medical equipment and discrepancies in inventories, to the tune of millions of euros.

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