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Newspaper post YOUR FIRST READ AND CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT FREE! THINK Magazine and Gourmet Today WITH MALTATODAY SUNDAY • 9 DECEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 996 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY SUNDAY • 9 DECEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 996 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday SUNDAY • 9 DECEMBER 2018 • ISSUE 996 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY today • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Former PBS chief admits to secret recordings of board meetings 2 INSIDE Doctors who flagged Gozo helicopter incident transferred out of hospital DAVID HUDSON TWO doctors who flagged a helicopter incident at the centre of a case involving the death of a Gozitan patient last August have been transferred, Malta- Today has learnt. The first transfer involves the head of emergency medicine, who reported the malfunction- ing of the helicopter back in August. The second transfer involves a doctor who passed on the medical report of the deceased to relatives after clearance was obtained from her superiors. Steward Healthcare, the American outfit that runs the Gozo General Hosiptal, has insisted it was the two doctors themselves who asked to be transferred. The Gozo hospital was at the centre of controversy last sum- mer when a patient could not be transferred to Malta for emergency treatment after the helicopter operated by Steward Healthcare malfunctioned. The patient eventually died with Nationalist Party MP Chris Said claiming the death could have been avoided had the helicopter service been op- erational. An internal ministerial in- quiry rejected the claim, de- spite medical documents leaked to the press showing a written note indicating that the helicopter was not functioning when the patient transfer was requested by doctors. But now, the two doctors who had f lagged the August inci- dence no longer work at the Gozo hospital. A spokesperson for Steward said that since the doctors were on the government payroll, they were transferred to an- other government department. She did not elaborate. Meanwhile, in another inci- dent that mirrors that which happened last August, sources said a Gozitan cardiac patient was not transferred to Malta by helicopter despite this being requested by doctors. The helicopter operated by Steward was not operational because of scheduled mainte- nance and despite an agree- ment with the Armed Forces of Malta to provide emergency backup, no call was placed with the AFM. Asked about this incident, the Steward spokesperson in- sisted there was no need for the patient to be transferred to Malta. MATTHEW VELLA THE former chief executive of the Public Broadcasting Ser- vices was recording board meetings and passing them on to third parties, the Industrial Tribunal has heard. Veteran TV host and broad- caster John Bundy, who is pur- suing an unfair dismissal claim against PBS, admitted to hav- ing recorded board meetings discussing scheduling of TVM programmes without consent. PAGE 2 PAGE 2 Valletta 2018 One last Festa to see out the European Capital of Culture year MT2 17-18 SUNDAY • malta SUNDAY • 2 INSIDE 2 €1.95 Simone Cini Former TV journalist and now Domestic Violence Commissioner INTERVIEW 16-17 ISSUE NUMBER 53 • DECEMBER 2018 www.gourmettoday.recipes ISSUE 53 • December 2018 30+ Recipes 30+ Recipes ISSUE 53 • December 2018 www.gourmettoday.recipes www.gourmettoday.recipes 30 Recipes 30 30 30 30 + Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes www.gourmettoday.recipes www.gourmettoday.recipes www.gourmettoday.recipes www.gourmettoday.recipes 30 Recipes 30 30 30 30 Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Recipes Want to buy your kids a gaming platform for Christmas? Check out our Christmas Supplement John Bundy, who is pursuing an unfair dismissal claim against PBS, admitted to having recorded board meetings discussing scheduling of TVM programmes, without consent Steward Healthcare receives €1 million per year for the operation of the Gozo medical helicopter service