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Mater Dei loaned medical equipment to private hospitals ‘for free’
Medical experts concerned over ‘unique’ equipment sets loaned – private hospital reported to make more use of certain instruments than Mater Dei.
7 July 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
Equipment belonging to Mater Dei Hospital was being loaned to private hospitals for free.
Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia has put to halt a 'protocol' between Mater Dei Hospital and private hospitals which allowed the loaning of medical equipment from the public hospital to private hospitals, at no cost.
The understanding, Sunday newspaper Illum reports, is that exchanges of equipment could be done between the public and private hospitals depending on the circumstances.
So far, the two-year-old protocol had only been utilised by St James Hospital with the ratio of equipment loaned said to be at 400:1 in favour of the private hospital.
Loan payments prior to these two years were minimal, with the average payment reaching €15. While the last payment was made about two and a half years ago, equipment was loaned to St James as recent as last week.
According to Illum, the concern over the agreement goes beyond the fact that Mater Dei Hospital agreed to the free loan.
Experts raised questions over "unique" sets, and emergency orthopaedic trauma instrumentation, leaving the hospital for fear they may be damaged. It transpires that loaning of certain instruments was so frequent, that it was more utilised by the private hospital.
Read the full report in Illum
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When is a serious and in-depth inquiry going to be held about the functioning of Mater Dei Hospital so that the culprits are named and shame?
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For free?
Certainly not, at our cost as Tax Payers and most certainly the patients receiving this "Private" treatment were also charged in their bill for the use of the equipment!
They most certainly would not have a "discount" at the way Private Hospotals and clinics charge!
Ex-Minister Dr. Cassar has a lot to answer for AS HAS THE ADMINISTRATION OF MATER DEI!
Hope we get some P.Q.on the matter SOON!
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U dan l-apparat x'kien? Haqni mort nuza xi servizz is-St James, intuza l-apparat li hallas il-gvern ghalih, u jien kelli nhallas biex nuzah! Dak hlas doppju ghax inkun hallas ghalih biex inxtara u nkun ergajt hallast ghalih biex uzajtu. Tajba wkoll! Ara veru dal-pajjiz kien sar tal-hbieb tal-hbieb u tal-klikka - f'kollox!
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For free?
Certainly not, at our cost as Tax Payers and most certainly the patients receiving this "Private" treatment were also charged in their bill for the use of the equipment!
They most certainly would not have a "discount" at the way Private Hospotals and clinics charge!
Ex-Minister Dr. Cassar has a lot to answer for AS HAS THE ADMINISTRATION OF MATER DEI!
Hope we get some P.Q.on the matter SOON!
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Nobody believe that the loan of that type of unique equipment was REALLY FREE??????
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Bhal fid-dinja kollha, fejn m'hemmx carezza, is-settur tas-sahha pubblika jispicca jissussidja lill-privat.
Paul Sammut •
Tajjeb ukoll. U ahna nhallsu. Hemm xi haga ohra x`tinqala?
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Hekk tajjeb, inhalsu it-taxi b'demna, jixtra apparat ghall isptar biex jinqeda il-poplu Malti u Ghawdxi, jinghata lil privat b'xejn u il-Poplu Malti jerga ihallas b'demmu biex jinqeda b'dak l-apparat li ikunu xtara huwa stess. Meta sejra tinqata din il-Mafia li hawn f'dan il-pajjiz? Il-poplu bidel il Gvern biex l-affarijiet isiru b'gustizzja u mhux kullhadd jisloh kemm jiflah dan il-poplu masghur. Tghid iben il-Maghtuba ma kienx sejjer ihalli dawn l-affijiet jigru. Min qied fil-hazin ghandu ihallas ta ghemilu. GUSTIZZJA
