Initiative between Government and private sector launched for outsourcing emergency services

Health Minister Jo Etienne Abela on outsourcing emergency services
The Ministry for Health and Active Aging has announced that the collaboration between the Government and three private hospitals for the outsourcing of emergency services has been started.
Minister Jo Etienne Abela said how through this collaboration between the Government and the private sector, patients with medical and surgical diagnoses will be served by private hospitals while the Government pays. He stressed how this initiative will complement the services provided by Mater Dei Hospital and explained how patients with uncomplicated conditions will be provided the necessary services, including operations, in the private sector. This is so that in the winter months, Mater Dei Hospital can focus on serious cases even those associated with seasonal illnesses.
Minister Abela explained how this is the first phase of this agreement, with the direction of the transfers being managed by the Emergency Department, at Mater Dei Hospital. He said how later the second phase will come into effect which will launch a new system of referrals for various emergency services in our country. Minister Abela said how on the first day of this collaboration, two successful surgical interventions have already been carried out in one of these hospitals.
“This new system of collaboration between the Government and the private sector should increase the efficiency of emergency services while offering care of excellence,” concluded Minister Abela.
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