Dementia pills are to be made available free of charge by the government to all those who need them, the Secretariat for the Elderly said this afternoon.

It was reacting to a report in l-orizzont which said the pills were not available free of charge to everyone.

The secretariat said the pills will be made free of charge thanks to recent amendments to the Social Security Act.

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