Comments on: Seven steps to a miracle

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:08:10 +0000

3 persons in 1 God … you must find that hilarious. And don’t you hate those 7 sacraments?

It’s a real compliment to Joseph Muscat that you have to find these ridiculous things to argue about. It’s a far cry from what you used to say about Alfred Sant.

[Daphne – No, it’s not a compliment, but the opposite. I can’t take him seriously because he’s so shallow and not particularly intelligent, just clever in a street-smart way. Alfred Sant was a worthy and equal opponent. As for Joseph Muscat….how shall I put it? I believe in fair play, and in not deploying a sledgehammer to crack a nut.]

By: Leo Said

Leo Said — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:54:32 +0000

[3. Forge a partnership with hospital employees so that they may work after hours on greater numbers of operations.]

What would be the role of the trade unions peculiar to Malta?

[4. Increase the number of consultants and specialists, and ‘task’ (please, no, no, no) some of them to operate on patients who are on the centralised waiting-list.]

Where would the remuneration come from? From importers of medicines? From the Ministry holding the portfolio for health? From the Ministry for Finance?

[5. Sub-contract a proportion of the pending operations to private hospitals.]

Could any person please explain to me the possible parameters and the possible modalities which would regulate the joint venture?

It is quite ironic for me to note the views of the social-democrat Anthony Zammit, who was trained in the system which is my professional home.

By: Isa

Isa — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:04:34 +0000

Re your comments regarding numerology on the planet Labour: I have just glimpsed Claudette Vella Baldacchino’s website and see that she is also using the numbers gimmick. She has listed 9 reasons why we should vote for her. Did not read them all – but they are given prominence.

By: David S

David S — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:27:11 +0000

On another issue. Page 7, The Times – university students (incl one in architecture) who never heard of Renzo Piano and could not name the American vice president or the next president of Malta. Shut down the university; it’s all exam oriented.