The Secondary Healthcare Department was established to operate three regional hubs, bringing quality healthcare closer to the patient.
Key Responsibilities
- The delivery of holistic ambulatory services by region closest to the patient’s residence, safely and effectively, to improve the patient-treatment journey.
- To bridge service provision between hospitals and health centres by offering intermediate services between general practitioner services usually offered at health centres and secondary care offered at the acute/general hospital facilities.
- It seeks engagement with the local community to mitigate adverse effects on the residents.
Vincent Moran Regional Healthcare Hub
The ‘Vincent Moran Regional Healthcare Hub’, located in Paola, will offer specialised care for several prevalent diseases and conditions in the southern region of Malta.
It will incorporate health promotion and prevention services and treatment of minor yet urgent conditions that may not be easily treated by the family doctor in the clinic or at home but do not need access to acute hospital services. Day surgeries will also be available at the Healthcare Hub in its two surgical theatres.
This regional centre will help alleviate the growing demand for healthcare services, given the growing population and longer life expectancy of the Maltese islands.
The building is built in a way that uses energy efficiently and incorporates energy-efficient systems such as PV panels and water retention systems to help reduce electrical and water consumption.
