The Gozo General Hospital, Worker of the Year Award 2011, has been presented for the third time during an event organised by the hospital administration in collaboration with the Ministry for Gozo.
The awards were the initiative of the Committee of Social and Cultural Activities at the Gozo General Hospital and workers were presented with awards for their ability and commitment.
This award was given to Mr Carmel Camilleri who works as a nurse in the intensive care unit at the hospital. He was described as an exemplary and responsible worker, involving himself in activities to raise funds for the benefit of patients suffering from serious diseases among other things.
The awards ceremony was attended by the Minister for Gozo, Giovanna Debono, the Minister of Justice, Dialogue and the Family, Chris Said and the Superintendent of the Gozo General Hospital, Dr. Anthony Livori.
For the first time the ‘Team of the Year’ award was launched and presented to the Committee for Safeguarding Health Care within the Gozo General Hospital. Throughout the year, this team, organised various external activities to promote good health and many of the team offered their services outside their normal normal working hours.
The Minister for Gozo, presented the awards to the winners and also presented certificates to all employees who were nominated by their peers during the year.
The Minister said in her message that the commitment and dedication of all those involved in the Gozo health sector strengthens the Government’s continued investment in these services to enable them to increase and improve.
She praised the collaboration of these workers during the coordination of various restructuring projects, that will go towards providing a better environment for both patients and workers, including the establishment of the Radiology Department. “This is the end result of workers who all collaborated with those involved in the coordination of this project which today is useful for those who need these services in Gozo,” stated the Minister.
The Minister said that other projects also planned are in the outpatients section, along with the construction of a Child Development Centre.
Mr Paul Buttigieg, Manager of Nursing Services gave details of work related to the human resources section, which incorporates approximately 700 people. He explained how, during 2011 a training programme took place aimed at updating the various skills of the workforce related to their respective services. This included two courses attended by about 400 workers.
He also explained how the Gozo General Hospital won two prestigious awards, the Employees Engagement Award and the Learning & Development Award. These were presented by the Malta People Awards 2011 hosted by the Foundation for Human Resources Development Malta (FHRD).