Comments on: How is this supposed to be a good thing?

By: Blackarrow

Blackarrow — Sat, 28 May 2016 22:50:00 +0000

What an absolutely stupid thing to say. Fearne may be a decent sort of chap ( as some say) but when he opens his mouth he proves he is not all that much smarter than Luciano Busuttil or Silvio Parnis.

By: Daffid

Daffid — Sat, 28 May 2016 18:59:00 +0000

Close to an admission that he has given up on Mater Dei Hospital.

By: CarrieErbag

CarrieErbag — Sat, 28 May 2016 18:53:00 +0000

Well, it seems we can now forget about being the best in Europe. Chris Fearne said that Gozo General Hospital will become better than the general hospital in Malta, and the aim is to make it one of the best hospitals in the world. Hyperbolic hogwash.

By: Georgoz

Georgoz — Sat, 28 May 2016 18:15:00 +0000

I can tell you how much better it is going to be. They are going to take quite a slice of the car park. Try parking now during the mornings, car park always choc-a-block.

By: Joseph Agius

Joseph Agius — Sat, 28 May 2016 17:40:00 +0000

Very easy. Just keep lowering the standards at Mater Dei Hospital.

By: questions

questions — Sat, 28 May 2016 17:34:00 +0000

Malta’s national health service is based on Britain’s “free at the point of delivery” system. You walk in, get treated according to what you need and walk out without paying a cent.

The American system, which these “Harvard consultants” will no doubt be familiar with, is very different. You may or may not be accepted, based on your insurance policy and your ability to pay. And that also means that patients can demand drugs or therapies that are unnecessary/excessive/wasteful, because they are paying customers.

Opening a medical school in a hospital set up as a private enterprise is unrealistic. Medical tourism simply means that those who have the means will be able to pay for a fancy hotel where they can also get their nose/boob job – at a price.

These are not the sort of patients who would allow themselves to be used for teaching practice and examined by medical students. I suspect students will be somehow not allowed or, at best, discouraged from approaching “private” patients.

We need to be asking Mr Fearne how the hospital plans to operate. Will paying patients be given preferential treatment? Will the same staff see both “paying patients” and Gozitans relying on the state health system?

How is he going to ensure staff are not biased towards their “VIP” patients?
How will he ensure that the health budget will not subsidize this private enterprise?

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 28 May 2016 17:28:00 +0000

Did St Barts back out?

By: J Sammut

J Sammut — Sat, 28 May 2016 17:09:00 +0000

Before starting to think about Harvard, we had better check who the ultimate beneficial owner of Bluestone Special Situation Ltd is.

Vitalis Global Healthcare Ltd was registered as a company in Malta last May. It is fully owned by Bluestone Investments Malta Ltd, which is owned by Bluestone Special Situation Ltd, registered in the British Virgin Islands.

Konrad Mizzi will know, but if we ask him, he won’t tell us.