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WEDNESDAY • 14 FEBRUARY 2024 • ISSUE 881 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
THERE is no immediate plan at Ma-
ter Dei Hospital to segregate women
who have a miscarriage from moth-
ers with new born babies, the Health
Ministry has confirmed.
The practice to keep women who
miscarry in the same wards as other
women was described as "cruel" by La-
bour MP Katya De Giovanni last week.
Health Minister Jo-Etienne Abe-
la has practically confirmed that the
situation today is exactly as it was 18
months ago when the ministry had
said it was planning to create a sepa-
rate unit for women who miscarry.
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Failed promise: Women
who miscarry treated
in maternity ward
MATTHEW
AGIUS
magius@mediatoday.com.mt
Magistrate dismisses police
officers' complaint after accused
swears at them outside the
courtroom
Health minister Jo-Etienne Abela
Magistrate Joe Mifsud
Six youths get
bail on brutal
carnival knife
assault on
16-year-old
A commotion broke out in a courtroom on Tuesday
morning, after a 20-year-old defendant insulted a po-
lice inspector, at the end of a dispiriting arraignment
where the duty magistrate appeared dismissive of vio-
lent behaviour by a group of minors who were accused
of savagely beating a 16-year-old boy.
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KURT
SANSONE
ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt
Health Ministry,
Mater Dei Hospital
still studying solution to
separate women who
have a miscarriage
from expectant mothers
and women who have
just given birth
