Update: Statement from PN below – Minister for Health and Active Ageing Jo Etienne Abela has announced a development and regeneration plan for the Gozo General Hospital.

Minister Abela explained how part of this plan will see the development of a new acute hospital. “The main objective of this plan is for Gozo to have a modern and comprehensive medical infrastructure, in order to continue to provide a top level health care service in Gozo itself,” said Minister Abela.The Minister went on to explain that the new hospital will cover around 400 beds which means that the amount of patients that the Gozo Hospital will receive will be doubled.

He also announced that part of the regeneration plan will see the introduction of a new anatomy centre, a new research facility, a CDAU center and the installation of a new helipad for emergency transport to the Mater Dei Hospital.“Thanks to this plan we will not only be improving and offering a top level health service, but we will also see a number of new quality jobs for Gozo. The Government is constantly working to ensure that Gozo people have all the necessary health services provided in Gozo itself,” Minister Jo Etienne Abela concluded.

No details were provided on the timings of this plan.

PN statement

The Nationalist in response to today’s announcment by the Government on the Gozo General hospital plan, stated that ”a new General hospital in Gozo was supposed to have been built by Steward and should have already been completed.”

The PN argued that It was ”only thanks to the Nationalist Party that the Gozo hospital came back to the people and only thanks to this action of the Nationalist Party that this new project can be çarried out.”

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