Splitting cardiac services at Mater Dei Hospital would be akin to forcing a happily married couple to separate but work together, according to chairman Alex Manchè.

“That is exactly how it feels. We are one unit. We don’t have to negotiate anything with one another. We work together,” the respected cardiothoracic surgeon said.

Earlier this month, the unit’s former chairman Albert Fenech filed a judicial protest requesting the Health Minister to halt the process of separating Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, which had been incorporated into one department 19 years ago.

A Health Ministry spokesman said the department needed to address “more aggressively” the pending medical cardiology waiting list and organise the inventory of the “costly” medical cardiology devices held within this section.

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