It’s worse than that for anyone who is in a residential home and has just Euro 130 every four weeks left out of his/her pension and has to buy these expensive medicines.

I wouldn’t expect to receive the medicines at home but at least to have them available at the pharmacy.

Now let’s see what’s going to happen in the education sector when so many youngsters were getting a boost with so many courses available.

Why oh why do Labour always have to change things that are working well?

My only concern is whether they have the gall to admit their mistake and vote differently in the next election. I’m worried to see that they may actually like the feeling of chaos and uncertainty, because it allows them to do as they please.

36,000 of them

[Daphne – Can we stop this 36,000 business? It’s mathematical and political nonsense. A majority of 36,000 is the result of a movement of 18,000 people, not 36,000 people. I’m bored with explaining this. If you start off from a draw – an equal number of supporters for each party – and you take 18,000 supporters from the PN and give them to Labour, PN is down by 18,000 and Labour is up by 18,000, which means that the GAP BETWEEN THEM, which is what the majority is, is of 36,000. But only 18,000 people have moved.

And another point: it’s not ‘36,000’ who voted Labour, but a hell of a lot more than that. What was it – 166,000?]

At the hospital we were told it was out of stock and to go back two days later, and then we were only given a two weeks’ supply. My mother is 74 years old, and I work full-time and we do not need all this hassle.

I was expecting the pharmacist to be ringing his door bell according to the promises made repeatedly by Louis Grech, Karmenu Vella and Joseph Muscat, and not the other way round.

Today I saw many elderly and disabled people being made to climb the steps at Mosta Clinic because the lift has been out of service since last week or more.

Well that’s Labour Malta for you, kevvy.

Write to your authorities and register your views there. At least outline to them the practical problems pharmacists face in trying to deliver a safe service to patients.

But last time I went seven out of 13 items were unavailable and what is more shocking is that I went to a pharmacy in Birkirkara and they had them.

So I obviously complained with the health department’s customer care desk, and was told “Sinjura, iva hemm medicina out of stock ghax ahna qed naghmlu l-budget fuq il-medicina ghax hemm hafna abbuz.”

“Imma mhux sew ghax ahna diga ghandna piz f’ hajjitna li ghanda tfal b’kundizzjoni,” I said to her, and she replied, “Heqq, allura ghamel budget int ukoll f’hajtek halli ikollok minn fejn tixtrila l-medicina.”

Next time I went over for supplies, I was given all that I need, and I am sure they had a note in system when they entered my ID number.

Oh, and another thing – they gave me one supply of medicine which expired at the end of August and told me that I should keep giving it to my daughter because shelf life is always longer than expiry date.