The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses said in a statement today that a lot is being said in Parliament on privatisation issues regarding the Gozo General Hospital, Cospicua Health Centre and Kirkop Health Centre.

MUMN pointed out that it has neither agreement nor any information where any private entrepreneurs will get their nurses. “All privatisation process will cost more to the tax payer and MUMN cannot understand why the exact services being given by the Primary Care or by Gozo General Hospital should be to some private contractor,” it said.

MUMN said that “it makes it clear that no nurses or midwives or any member of MUMN will be seconded to any private entities both in Malta and Gozo.”

“So any new privatisation will have to open with just foreign nurses, which will be not be able to render any health service which is safe to the patients,” the MUMN said.

“Safety standards cannot be guaranteed when only foreign nurses run any service due to language barriers so any talk or decisions taken behind MUMN’s back on privatisation are literally useless and cannot materialise.,” the Union warned.

In this scenario MUMN said that it is requesting an urgent meeting with the Health Minister so as to clarify all situations regarding privatisation in the health system.

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