The Prime Minister yesterday made the recent controversial comments of the opposition MP Michael Farrugia his main focus of criticism.
"We have done everything in our power to make sure there is zero tolerance of the risks posed to patients by the migration from St Luke's to Mater Dei but Labour does not care about this. All it cares about is political opportunism," Dr Gonzi said.
Reacting strongly to Dr Farrugia's comments, who earlier this month claimed that not all precautions had been taken during the first medical procedures at Mater Dei Hospital, the Prime Minister at one point described the Labour MP as the main spokesman of nonsense.
He pointed out that three years ago this week, the opposition had moved a vote of no confidence in the agreement which the government had reached with Skanska over the delivery of the hospital.
Speaking at a party activity in Birkirkara, Dr Gonzi said the government's response to that motion is that it will today be blessing a hospital that is up and running, despite the fact that Labour tried to undermine it.
Quoting from his own speech in Parliament during that debate, Dr Gonzi said he had cautioned that the government had to keep its eyes on the ball despite the agreement, mentioning specifically the importance of reaching an agreement with the professionals working at the hospital, installing the IT system and having a well functioning migration plan.
"We've done this," he said roping in the Health Minister Louis Deguara, who also addressed the party activity.
Turning to the proposals which the opposition made in reaction to the budget, Dr Gonzi said Labour's shower of promises would usher in the same "disastrous" scenario that prevailed after it was elected to office in 1996.
Four of Labour's measures, which include slashing the surcharge by half and removing tax on overtime, would cost Lm115 million.
"That means we would be looking at a deficit of Lm230 million in two years."
The opposition was now trying to defend itself from this criticism by saying the proposals would cost Lm15 million, but Dr Sant did not have a good track record when it comes to figures, he continued.
"Up to the last budget, Dr Sant used to say that the figures we were presetting were cooked, so much so that Gordon Cordina had to leave (as head of the National Statistics Office) because the credibility of the NSO was being called into question, but not anymore." Now the opposition was trying to win votes by promising heaven on earth, he said stressing, however, that they had not even put in the time to test the feasibility of their proposals.