Mosta health centre to become a regional hub

The Mosta health centre is to undergo major refurbishment works which will transform it into a regional health centre.

The  €500,000 refurbishment project was announced this afternoon by health minister Joe Cassar at the Mosta health centre. He was flanked by primary health care director Edward Borg, the Foundation for Medical Services CEO Brian St John and the newly elected Mosta mayor Shirley Farrugia.

Cassar said the centre should be completed by the end of the year and works should take three months. He added that the project will commence as soon as the tenders adjudication process is over.

He explained that the centre will undergo a complete overhaul and the new centre will include an operating theatre for minor procedures and a plaster room.

Cassar added that the digital x-ray machine installed at the Mosta health centre and is "now operational 24 hours per day, seven days a week and consultants at Mater Dei receive the scans in real time."

Primary health care officials explained that the x-ray machine services be the last service to be stopped and the first to be installed again during the refurbishment works.

They also said that during the works, most services currently provided by the Mosta health centre will be transferred to the Birkirkara Health Centre which will be open 24-hours a day.