New equipment at Mater Dei Hospital to remove blood clots, each intervention...
New equipment in use at Mater Dei Hospital can remove a blood clot in people who have just suffered a stroke, the government said in a statement. This new technology introduced at the hospital is part...
View ArticleCitizens 16+ to register for organ donation
Parliamentary Secretary for health Chris Fearne unveiled the first draft on the organ donation law that will be tabled in parliament for the first reading this evening. Under the proposed legislation,...
View ArticleInside Ontario's bloated health-care bureaucracy
Ontario’s health-care bureaucracy has exploded over the past 12 years, mostly because the government has set up a series of arm’s-length agencies it can scapegoat. I’ve experienced this bureaucratic...
View ArticleMany elderly with diabetes overtreated
When it comes to treating seniors with diabetes, new research suggests that doctors often don’t cut back on medications, even when treatment goals are surpassed. The study found that when people had...
View ArticlePrivate health sector struggling to find recruits – former St James Hospital COO
Former St James Hospital Chief Operations Officer Charlotte Sant Portanier, now working for a healthcare consultancy firm, explained that the private health sector struggles with recruitment in Malta...
View ArticleAll six Maltese MEPs vote down bid to make state surveillance more transparent
The Maltese government is still supporting its mass surveillance programme tooth and nail, while it is also resisting changes to legislation and the publication of surveillance statistics, according to...
View ArticleFearne says his mother resigned from Zammit Clapp board as soon as he was...
Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne said that his mother resigned from the Zammit Clapp board as soon as he was appointed his ministerial role. Speaking to this...
View ArticleCancer no longer considered a ‘death sentence’, PS Chris Fearne says
Where diagnosis of a cancer was once often considered a death sentence, nowadays a good number of cancer cases are being treated and the success rate is generally high, Parliamentary Secretary for...
View ArticleChris Fearne replies to the Standing Committee of European Doctors
Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne has responded to scrutiny by the Standing Committee of European Doctors, stating that legal notices which remove the requirement for hospitals to be scrutinised...
View ArticleLend me your ears
Truth be told Picture this scenario. You’re sitting with your family, watching TV. The usual rambunctious debate, this time about a heinous domestic crime. Everyone blames everyone else. Finally, as...
View ArticleEmbryo freezing ‘unnecessary, unreasonable’, will create embryo ‘orphanages’...
The prevailing scientific data and the results obtained locally in IVF treatment actually show that the introduction of embryo freezing in connection with IVF procedures in Malta is both “unnecessary”...
View ArticleMedicine for Type-2 diabetes to be included in government formulary – Chris...
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Chris Fearne, said today that gliptins medicine, which is used to treat Type-2 diabetes,...
View ArticleNew foreign owner of Gozo Hospital meets staff in unpublicised event
The new foreign owner of the Gozo general hospital was introduced to the staff during a meeting held on Tuesday with Energy and Health Minister Konrad Mizzi and...
View ArticleWHO for strengthening mental healthcare system
While the country’s elderly population is projected to increase in the next few decades, dementia may be a tough mental health challenge. Keeping this in view, it is important for the country to have a...
View ArticleHub for persons with disability to create an artificial community – Joe...
Former KNPD chairman Joe Camilleri believes the recently proposed hub for people with disability will create an artificial community, rather than promote community living. The hub, announced in the...
View ArticleFighting new diseases by giving them blander labels
Something new and bad is always blowing through — winds roar and cities flood, or people cough and die. Whether it is a hurricane or a dire new epidemic, each iteration will be similar enough to...
View ArticleHub for persons with disability to create an artificial community – Joe...
Former KNPD chairman Joe Camilleri believes the recently proposed hub for people with disability will create an artificial community, rather than promote community living. The hub, announced in the...
View ArticleWelcome to the age of digital healthcare
The internet and high-speed broadband have transformed a wide range of consumer-led businesses in the last two decades. Think banking, travel agencies, film distribution, book-selling and food...
View ArticleWorld Diabetes Day celebrated at Plaza
World Diabetes Day was celebrated around the world on the 14th November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of...
View ArticleNew rules troubling advocates
The state says it is making changes to its Medicaid program specifically for low-income people with disabilities to simplify the process and make more Ohioans qualify for health coverage. But advocates...
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