A total 76,607 meals were distributed to the elderly as part of the Meals on Wheels service last year, Parliamentary Secretary Mario Galea said this morning.

He said that 55,297 meals had already been distributed this year – 7,664 more than in the same period last year.

The elderly using the service were today also given a small hamper on the occasion of the International Day of the Elderly.

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