A&E treated 128,747 patients last year

128,747 patients were treated at Mater Dei’s Accident and Emergency Department last year, an average of around 353 patients a day.

35,573 of these patients were admitted to hospital overnight, while the remaining 93,174 were discharged.

108,928 of the patients were Maltese, while 9,834 of them were non-Maltese residents and 9,985 were foreigners.

The figures were tabled in parliament by health minister Chris Fearne in response to parliamentary questions by Labour MP Anthony Agius Decelis.

The A&E department treated 119,941 patients in 2014 and 115,706 patients in 2013.