Medical tests refused because Gozo radiology department not yet ‘opened’
Boy, infant refused tests because €3.5 million department had yet to be officially inaugurated.
20 March 2011, 12:00am
Julia Farrugia
Julia Farrugia
Medical tests were not carried out on two children at the Gozo general hospital, because the new radiology department had not yet been officially inaugurated by Gozo minister Giovanna Debono.
Illum newspaper reports both cases, which occurred on Friday, were reported by hospital sources who witnessed the incidents.
In one case, a six-year-old boy was admitted to the GGH with stomach pains but was refused an ultrasound, while a toddler was refused an echocardiogram for a medical examination.
The new radiology department is the result of a €3.5 million investment.
Julia Farrugia is a former editor of Illum newspaper.
