Over €900,000 were raised for the Malta ALS Foundation during a special edition of Xarabank yesterday evening.

The fundraiser was held at the request of ALS sufferer Bjorn Formosa, whose last wish is to open a house equipped with all the necessary tools for people suffering from the degenerative disease, including computers that can be controlled through eye movements.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, during a live phone-in, announced that the government will cover the annual expenses of the home.

The producers, with the permission of PBS CEO John Bundy, kept the fund raiser going until well after midnight. More than €879,000 had been donated by the end of the show by the donations kept coming in, and the total sum has reached more than €900,000.