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Parker 8 9 10 12 13 DOWN 1) It runs slowly in the rest 2) Biblical verb ending 3) Hawaiian eebie 4) Mosquito-transmitted disease 5) Compadres 6) Coral Sea inlet 7) Give off, as light 8) Indian princess 9) Conk out, as an engine 10) Remaining a mystery 11) Kabul's country 12) Dunderheads 13) Extra 18) Ask, as a question 22) Ball prop 23) Massage target 24) Impulses 25) Upper Volta, once 26) Walk back and rth 28) Town news bearer of yore 29) Deeply engrossed 31) Camembert kin 33) Pitcher's place 34) Moves like a butterfly 36) Cop's wheels 37) Sounds of reproof 41) Become more uni rm 43) Adam's beloved 44) 18-wheeler 45) Tequila plants 46) Enthusiasm 4 7) Detach, as a medal 48) Carrying a burden 50) 27-Across, for one 51) Zeus' wi 54) "I_ you one" 55) Anger 56) Fish eggs 57) Psychic power 23rd October Robot at centre of nurses' complaints has increased efficiency, health minister says LAURA CALLEJA HEALTH Minister Chris Fearne said despite claims by the nurses' union, the medicine dispensing robot at Mater Dei Hospital had increased effi- ciency in the wards where the system was deployed. Speaking during the launch of a health clinic in Kalkara, Fearne said that when a system is changed, pushback is expect- ed as not everyone works in the same way, and some may find the system a challenge in the short term. However, Fearne said he wanted to clarify that the sys- tem was introduced to help nurses and doctors and not re- place them. He reiterated that no one needed to be worried that they would be replaced. On Monday, the nurses' un- ion claimed the multi-mil- lion-euro investment had been a "total failure". Nicknamed Mario, the robot was intro- duced in 2019 to eliminate "all human error" in hospitals' dis- tribution and dosage of med- icines. However, the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses has claimed that the system fre- quently failed in two years of operation and dispensed wrong medications and dosages. Contradicting this, Fearne said the system had increased efficiency in the wards where it has already been introduced. Fearne also disputed the MUMN's claim that the Health Division is in total denial and would not admit that €25 mil- lion of taxpayer money has been spent on the machine. Fearne said this was not true and the government had not yet paid anything for the sys- tem. The health minister said the government would be pay- ing the contractor a percentage of the savings made from using the robotic system.