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WEDNESDAY • 8 MARCH 2023 • ISSUE 833 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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Mater Dei investigating
negligence claims over
amputation of baby's leg
MARIANNA CALLEA
AN internal investigation into the case
of an Australian family claiming neg-
ligence on behalf of Maltese doctors
who damaged their baby's artery is on-
going, the Health Ministry confirmed
on Tuesday.
The Seguna family had filed a com-
plaint with Mater Dei Hospital claim-
ing Maltese doctors damaged their ba-
by's artery while treating the boy for a
chest infection.
The family were in Malta on holiday
last year when the seven-month-old
baby had to be hospitalised because of
a chest infection.
Steward
hospitals saga
must go to board
of inquiry, says
professor of law
Lifeless body found
in sea off Gnejna Bay
MATTHEW VELLA
A public inquiry into the Vitals-Steward
hospitals privatisation scandal should be set
up and led by three retired judges, in which
all Cabinet members party to the decision
be asked to testify, the constitutionalist
Prof. Kevin Aquilina has said.
Seguna family of
Melbourne filed
complaint with
Maltese health
ministry after doctors
treating baby for chest
infection damaged
artery that led to leg
amputation
Baby Zayn was only seven months old when he was hospitalised for a chest infection while on holiday
in Malta (Photos: Supplied to 7NEWS)
