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Maltese earning
less than €20,000
are being replaced
by lower-paid, non-
EU workers
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ADPD's Sandra
Gauci says people
are 'fed up' of
traditional Maltese
politics
MT2 INTERVIEW
Mediocrity Cheaper labour
Robert Abela's praise for the work done by Steward
Health Care leaves doctors and nurses shocked as they
insist the promised new infrastructure never materialised
Ridley Scott will
return to Malta for
sequel featuring Paul
Mescal and Denzel
Washington
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Gladiator
STEWED
KURT SANSONE
ROBERT Abela's praise of Steward Health
Care in parliament has left health sector
stakeholders shocked with one union boss
calling it a "damage control exercise".
The Prime Minister used most of his
hour-long speech last Thursday to list
Steward's achievements in trying to jus-
tify the millions spent by government on
the hospitals concession.
But Abela's spirited defence of Steward
on the same day the company announced
its withdrawal from Malta raised eye-
brows among nurses and doctors.
"It was shocking to hear the Prime Min-
ister list what he described as Steward's
investments and praising them for ser-
vices rendered," Malta Union of Mid-
wives and Nurses President Paul Pace
said. "What we saw was a Prime Minister
engaging in a damage control exercise for
the Labour Party and not a Prime Minis-
ter willing to defend the people."
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KURT SANSONE
STEWARD Health Care sought
government protection from lia-
bilities exceeding €3 million dur-
ing discussions to take over the
hospitals concession from Vitals
Global Healthcare.
The detail is found in an
email Steward attached to its
100-page appeal from a court
judgment that cancelled the
hospitals deal.
Steward sought
government
protection from
liabilities above
€3m even before
it took over
Steward CEO Armin Ernst
