Mater Dei Hospital

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Mater Dei Hospital

The main entrance of Mater Dei Hospital
Geography
Location Msida, Malta
Organisation
Hospital type General
Affiliated university University of Malta
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 1000
History
Founded June 29, 2007
Links
Website http://www.materdeihospital.org.mt
Lists Hospitals in Malta

Mater Dei Hospital is an acute general teaching hospital offering hospital services and specialist services. It is a public hospital located in Msida, Malta.

History

The hospital opened on 29 June 2007 replacing St. Luke's Hospital as the main public general hospital. The 250,000 square metre complex includes 825 beds and 25 operating theaters. It was designed and built by the Swedish construction firm Skanska Malta JV. The project was planned to cost 50m MTL (around 116m EUR) but rose to more than 250m MTL (around 582m EUR).

University of Malta affiliation

The hospital houses or caters for the faculties of Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery, and Dental Surgery of the University of Malta. The hospital is located adjacent to the University of Malta. The hospital houses the Health Sciences Library which is a branch library of the University of Malta Library.

Oncology Centre

The new centre, costing €48 million, will replace the current oncology department at Sir Paul Boffa Hospital in Floriana. The centre is set to be completed by 2014. The center is located adjacent to the hospital and houses bunkers that will host three linear accelerators for radiotherapy use.

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References

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