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7 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 SEPTEMBER 2019 NEWS MCAST: YOUR FIRST CHOICE Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology Administration Building, MCAST Main Campus Corradino Hill, Paola PLA 9032. T: 23987135/7136/7310 E: careerguidance@mcast.edu.mt www.mcast.edu.mt Time to succeed! JOIN MCAST APPLY ONLINE OR AT PAOLA/GOZO CAMPUS FROM 27th September until 2nd October Download our online prospectus: www.mcast.edu.mt/mcast-prospectus-2019-2020 Apply online by visiting the MCAST website: www.mcast.edu.mt Should you have any queries regarding the Online Application process, you can call the MCAST Client Support Centre on 2398 7888 or visit us at MCAST Students' House, Main Campus, Paola from 27th September to 2nd October between 08:30am till 13:00pm. MATTHEW VELLA THE wife of a Portuguese national who died in Malta at Comino's Blue Lagoon is unable to claim life insurance because the Maltese authorities have not yet re- leased the autopsy report. Georgina Carvalho has been waiting a whole year and three months, yet the case of her husband Manuel Azevedo remains under investigation by the Gozo courts. Azevedo, 41, was on holiday with his wife and children in Malta on 16 July, 2018 when he died while swimming at Comino Bay. At the time his two chil- dren were aged six, and one year old. The accident happened three days into their ten-day vacation. He was pronounced dead at the Gozo General Hospital after being rescued by lifeguards from the Emergency Response and Rescue Corps (ERRC). The duty magistrate at the time was Paul Coppini. Since then, Carvalho has been unable to access her husband's insurance poli- cies because an autopsy has not yet been released. "My husband's case is still under in- vestigation by the authorities. I have contacted the Maltese court to find out about the case [but] the case is still un- der investigation and for that reason they didn't sent the autopsy report yet," she told MaltaToday. Carvalho believes her husband, a net- work engineer working with a Swiss company, suffered a heart attack while swimming in the water with the six- year-old child. "In the hospital they did mention the cause of death, saying they thought it was a heart attack. The causes for death mentioned drowning and dis- ease." The day after, Carvalho attended the inquiry into the death, and two days later she was taken to the hospital to formally identify her husband. "The reason I need this document is that the autopsy is required for insur- ance purposes, and all our insurance policies are currently on stand-by. The insurance companies need the autopsy report to rule out suicide and to be clear that the cause of death was accidental," Carvalho said. "With two daughters it is just me now, a single mother providing for the family while living in Switzerland. I need the in- surance money to raise my family." MaltaToday inquired with police in- spectors for the Gozo district, who stat- ed that it was customary for autopsy re- ports to take long to be issued, but would not commit to an official explanation on the case. Widow cannot claim insurance as courts hold on to husband's autopsy report "With two daughters it is just me now, a single mother providing for the family while living in Switzerland. I need the insurance money to raise my family"