Steward Health Care Malta (SHCM) on Thursday night re-emphasises its commitment to the orderly transition of the hospitals to new management.

“We remain under a duty and owe to our patients to comply with the service concession agreement terms relating to an orderly handover, which we are adhering to. The health and wellbeing of our patients remains our primary priority throughout this process,” Steward said

It was reacting to claims made earlier that Steward Malta was ‘abandoning’ the hospitals..

“We are disappointed at yet another misrepresentation by the Government of Malta of SHCM’s actions; this false representation of SHCM ‘abandoning’ the hospitals simply acts as yet another warning of the Government’s unreliability as a partner to other foreign companies considering investing in Malta,” the company said.