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KURT SANSONE CARE Malta has landed a lu- crative €3 million direct or- der to receive elderly patients who will be transferred out of Mount Carmel hospital, Mal- taToday has learnt. The private company that specialises in homes for the elderly is part of the Vassallo Group, owned by entrepre- neur and former Nationalist Party Mosta mayor, Żaren Vassallo. Care Malta's Sliema home will receive some 120 elderly patients, which the Health Ministry said will be trans- ferred out of Mount Carmel hospital because of refurbish- ment works. But the ministry failed to explain why a direct order for such a value was awarded without a call for tenders. Care Malta has several pub- lic-private partnership agree- ments but in this particular case eyebrows were raised because it was awarded by di- rect order. The ministry ignored ques- tions related to the direct order despite MaltaToday re- peatedly asking for clarifica- tions. "After decades of neglect, this year the Health Ministry embarked on a programme for the reorganisation and general refurbishment of Mount Carmel hospital and for this reason, a number of patients have to be relocated as most wards need drastic infrastructural works," the ministry said when asked the reason for the patient relocation. S Newspaper post maltatoday today today SUNDAY • 8 JULY 2018 • ISSUE 974 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY 6 WORLD CUP 2018 SCORES AND STATS WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/WORLDCUP2018 €1.95 today today SUNDAY • 8 JULY 2018 • ISSUE 974 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today ENGLAND THROUGH TO THE SEMIS! (Is football really coming home?) EUROPE OF DEATH Maria Pisani pulls no punches over the EU's deadly policy on refugees Serbian charged with attempted murder of businessman Hugo Chetcuti Bojan Cmelik, 35, was charged with the attempted murder of Hugo Chetcuti (inset) in Paceville on Friday evening PHOTO KARL AZZOPARDI Health ministry mum over €3 million direct order Ministry ignores questions over lucrative elderly care contract 3 attempted murder A 35-year-old man of Serbian na- tionality was yesterday charged with the attempted murder of the Paceville entrepreneur and entertainment mogul Hugo Chetcuti, 52, after stabbing him in Paceville on Friday night. The man was apprehended in the early hours of Saturday morning on St Helen's Street in Sliema, where an exclusive vid- eo on MaltaToday online shows RIU officers repeatedly taser- ing the man into submission. RIU officers repeatedly taser- PGS 4-5 Check out the match stats on www. maltatoday. com.mt 28 6 Prescription drug abuse Students at the University of Malta admit to using meds to relieve study stress