Shouldn’t they have thought of this earlier?
Franco Mercieca with one of his (indispensable) patients, now sadly dispensed with by Mother Nature.
It is not so much that Franco Mercieca is indispensable to his patients (his head of department has made it clear that he is not) but that they are indispensable to him.
As an ophthalmic surgeon, if he doesn’t keep his hand in he runs the risk of being struck off the register. You can’t stop operating on people’s eyes for five years and then pick up again where you left off. Use it or lose it, & c & c.
This is not an argument in favour of allowing him to operate while serving in the cabinet of government. It’s an argument against his being in the cabinet of government in the first place.
But that was the first thing I wrote about when we were told that he would be contesting the general elections: that he should decide where his priorities lie because he cannot physically, mentally and emotionally do both even if he is permitted to do so, which he is not.
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Fejna l-kultura tar-rizenji?
We will soon be told that he’s doing his job on a voluntary basis.
Pro bono et gratis.
Completely unrelated to this article, but check this out, a self proclaimed ‘Marxist economist’ (you can check his blog for this description) writing a lengthy article regarding his celebrations for Thatcher’s death.
So much for not speaking ill of the dead, and all that fuss made when Mintoff kicked the bucket. The nerve. http://www.torca.com.mt/FullArticle.php?ID1='Features'&ID2=44286
Thatcher was a filthy capitalist, so that’s OK with It-Torca.
So it’s not the poor abandoned patients that he is primarily concerned about but his own professional career.
He obviously does not believe he has a secure future serving in the Labour government and wants to hedge his bets by continuing to practise his profession so as not to be struck off.
L-ewwel ‘honoraria’ ufficjali bil-barka tal-prim.
The Times reported that the PM wants the code of ethics to be updated to suit today’s needs. In order words updated to suit his needs.
The Maltese version ‘kif jaqbel lilu’ sounds better.
I suspect he will be using this doublespeak often when he wants to change things.
Suspect? He already does.
We’ve been listening to doublespeak since Muscat was a ‘reporter’ on Super One.
I paid Lm1,200 for my cataract operation back before we joined the eurozone.
I only get certain details from this blog so I am well informed.
Keep it up, Daphne!