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KURT SANSONE ROAD accidents are leav- ing many with grievous injuries in what a front- line doctor has described as "an epidemic" that is harming individuals, families and the country. Ray Gatt, an orthopae- dic specialist, said clam- orous road accidents captured headlines but many more people were suffering the conse- quences of debilitating injuries. "As a doctor, I can see the impact of serious in- juries on a person's work- ing and social life and the cost this has on the family and the country. It is an epidemic," Gatt told MaltaToday. He heads the awareness group Doctors For Road Safety, which has called on drivers to exercise greater caution on the road and urged them to observe all traffic regu- lations. The group said in a statement released in the wake of two fatal acci- dents over the weekend that monitoring and en- forcement on the road should increase. It also recommended scientific studies of the unique dy- namics of fatal accidents be made avail- able publicly. WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post WEDNESDAY • 17 APRIL 2019 • ISSUE 634 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY EDITORIAL • PAGE 9 PAGE 3 PAGE 2 Accused refused to accompany officers to where he had buried the two victims Electronic registry will allow doctors to view patients' prescriptions "It's not a pretty sight" First overpass pillars start to take shape Ghaxaq double murder POYC Marsa Junction project PAGE 4 PAGE 3 PAGE 6 'Road accidents are an epidemic' FRONTLINE DOCTOR: Awareness group Doctors For Road Safetyhas has called on drivers to exercise greater caution on the road YANNICK PACE THE Prime Minister's en- voy Alex Sceberras Trigo- na held a meeting with Russia's deputy Foreign Affairs minister Alexan- der Grushko, the day re- ports came in that Malta was refusing the Russian military use of its airspace. According to the Rus- sian Embassy in Malta, Sceberras Trigona held the meeting on Monday 15 April in Moscow with the deputy minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Al- exander Grushko, and was described as the spe- cial representative of the Prime Minister. It said that the two had reviewed "bilateral inter- action", "main issues of concern, as well as ways to resolve them". "Some topics of the in- ternational agenda were touched on, in particular, the situation in relations between Russia and the EU, the OSCE, the Coun- cil Europe," the statement continued. When contacted for comment, Sceberras Trigona initially said he was abroad, but refused to comment on whether he had met with Grushko. Alex Sceberras Trigona met Russian minister after Malta denied military airspace request Alex Sceberras Trigona