Sir Paul Boffa Hospital will continue to be used as a hospital for a definite period after it is closed to oncology but its long-term use is still to be decided, Health Minister Konrad Mizzi said this evening.
The minister was replying to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Claudio Grech.
Earlier this year, Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne said the Floriana hospital will be refurbished to return to temporarily service as a hospital by the end of the year, easing the demand for beds at Mater Dei.
Sir Paul Boffa Hospital, former King George V (KGV) Hospital was initially opened in 1922 as a memorial to the men of the British Merchant Navy who died in World War I. The building was severely damaged by aerial bombing 1942 but hospital services were never interrupted.
The hospital was rebuilt in 1948 under the premiership of Paul Boffa and renamed Sir Paul Boffa Hospital in 1976.