Childcare services for hospital employees will still be available, even when the health services are transferred to Mater Dei hospital, said hospital authorities in a statement yesterday.

Referring to statements that have appeared in the local media, the hospital authorities guaranteed that the childcare services will continue operating until it is transferred to a new location.

It added that the new location of the childcare centre might be not be in hospital, as is the case with Zammit Clapp Hospital.