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Steward Health Care has again asked for more time to come up with upgrade plans at the physiotherapy department despite union directives barring new patients from being treated. The directives were issued by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses last month aSteward tells union it needs more time to prepare physiotherapy upgrade plans
Steward Health Care has again asked for more time to come up with upgrade plans at the physiotherapy department despite union directives barring new patients from being treated. The directives were issued by the Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses last month after Steward failed to provide time frames, as had been agreed, on upgrade works at the department. Union president Paul Pace said the MUMN was asked by Steward to provide certain documents to assist it with understanding the situation at the run-down clinic. Although the requested material was submitted, the operators insisted they would get back to the union in three weeks’ time, he said. “It’s surreal how weeks after the coming into force of directives that are among the harshest we have ever had to resort to, Steward are still saying they need more time,” Mr Pace said. “This when they have been promising the so-called master plan since they came to Malta a year and a half ago.” He admitted that, notwithstanding the pressure through the directives, nothing had changed yet. The union, he added, had considered stepping up action but had decided to hold back not to further impact patients. Mr Pace remarked that... Read more