Healthcare in Malta

The Sacra Infermeria was used as a hospital from the 16th to 20th centuries. It is now the Mediterranean Conference Centre.
Mater Dei Hospital

Malta has a long history of providing publicly funded health care. The first hospital recorded in the country was already functioning by 1372.[1] Today, Malta has both a public healthcare system, known as the government healthcare service, where healthcare is free at the point of delivery, and a private healthcare system.[2][3] Malta has a strong general practitioner-delivered primary care base and the public hospitals provide secondary and tertiary care. The Maltese Ministry of Health advises foreign residents to take out private medical insurance.[4]

  1. ^ "Civil Hospitals in Malta in the Last Two Hundred Years". Geocities.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  2. ^ "The Health Care System in Malta_1". Sahha.gov.mt. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Government of Malta – Health Services". Gov.mt. Archived from the original on 5 March 2005. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Healthcare in Malta – Allo' Expat Malta". Alloexpat.com. 17 October 2006. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2009.