PRESS RELEASE BY THE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ACTIVE AGEING

The Ministry for Health and Active Ageing and Mater Dei Hospital strongly deny the claims being made the MUMN. The hard facts and chronology are altogether different and the MUMN’s statements bear no semblance to the truth. 

The MUMN issued a directive on the 2nd of December 2025 to be effective on the 3rd of December 2025, later postponed to the 4th of December 2025. This directive sought to block life-saving heart operations at the Cath Suite in Mater Dei Hospital, the only unit performing these operations in Malta and Gozo. Through notifications sent to the MUMN on the 3rd of December 2025 at 1130hrs, the Ministry invited the MUMN for conciliatory discussions. Soon after at 1205hrs, the MUMN declined this offer. Having put in a further similar request at 1332hrs, and without receiving a positive outcome, the Ministry had no other recourse except for filing for a prohibitory injunction in order to safeguard the health and life of the heart patients scheduled to be operated upon. 

This set of events proves that the Ministry acted in good faith towards the MUMN. However, the Ministry shall remain faithful to its commitment to uphold the supreme interest of its patients.

Furthermore, the Ministry is seriously concerned by the fact that in fulfilling their duties, its employees are being constantly and systematically subjected to unwarranted personal attacks, threats, and intimidation by the MUMN. Sadly, this approach is also evident in the recent press releases issued by the MUMN.