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WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 WEDNESDAY • 2 OCTOBER 2024 • ISSUE 911 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY EDITORIAL • PAGE 11 MATTHEW VELLA mvella@mediatoday.com.mt Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre resigns after refusing US Senate testimony Health ministry publishes inquiry report on Stephen Mangion's death HEALTH and Active Aging Minis- ter Jo Etienne Abela has released the report from the ministerial inquiry regarding the death of Stephen Mangion, which happened on Au- gust 27 at Mater Dei Hospital. The inquiry, led by Judge Emeritus Joseph Camilleri, concluded that no individual was responsible for Man- gion's death. The extensive aortic dissection, which had begun early in the morning, made it impossible to prevent. According to the report, on the day of his death, Mangion had phoned the Siġġiewi Telemedicine centre at 6:46pm and complained about chest pain he had been feeling since 5:00am that day. PAGE 5 MT SURVEY ANALYSIS Is the pendulum swinging back to the Nationalist Party? PAGE 7 THE CEO of American hospitals company Stew- ard Healthcare, Ralph de la Torre, is expected to resign the helm of the now-bankrupt hospital property company after he was held in criminal contempt by the U.S. Senate for refusing to testi- fy about cost-cutting decisions at the group's 31 hospitals before it filed for bankruptcy. PAGE 5 Ralph de la Torre MATTHEW FARRUGIA & NICOLE MEILAK mfarrugia@mediatoday.com.mt nmeilak@mediatoday.com.mt IRAN launched dozens of missiles into Israel in retaliation for Isra- el's campaign against the Hezbollah group in Lebanon. Nearly 200 missiles were launched, according to Israeli army radio. The Israeli military said all civilians were in bomb shelters as the rockets were fired. Witnesses said they saw dozens of missiles flying over central Jordan and the country's state news agency soon announced the temporary clo- sure of its airspace. Earlier on Tuesday, the US warned that Iran was getting ready to launch the attack and Israelis were subse- quently told to "stay close to a pro- tected space". The warning came as Israel's mili- tary said its paratroopers and com- mandos were engaged in fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah mili- tants after launching "limited, local- ised and targeted raids" against the armed group in Lebanon. The Iranian Mission to the United Nations said Tuesday afternoon that Tehran's response has "been duly carried out," following a barrage of missiles launched at Israel. "Iran's legal, rational, and legiti- mate response to the terrorist acts of the Zionist regime—which involved targeting Iranian nationals and inter- ests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran—has been duly carried out," the Permanent Mission of the Islam- ic Republic of Iran to the United Na- tions said in a post on X. The mission said that if Israel should "dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a sub- sequent and crushing response will ensue." Iran launches missile barrage on Israel Iranian-launched projectiles seen being intercepted by Israel above Jerusalem on Tuesday