The government has abandoned a €25 million tender for a fully integrated IT system at Mater Dei issued by the previous administration and is building a new one “internally”.

Sources close to Mater Dei yesterday told Times of Malta that the Patient Administration System – considered to be the backbone of the hospital’s IT system since 1997 – has been taken over by the new review team headed by former EU commissioner John Dalli.

It is being redesigned by a new consultant employed directly by Mr Dalli through the Health Ministry. According to the sources, this is being done without the Mater Dei IT department’s approval.

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