Chief Minister Fabian Picardo today paid the new KGV Hospital a visit, in order to observe progress on the building works. Guiding a selection of ministers, including Dr. Cortes, Minister Sacramento and Dr. Garcia, around the site, Christopher Chipolina outlined the plans for the new facility with work still in its early stages.

One noteworthy addition to the building was the implementation of safety doors on each bedroom, which will allow for staff members to unlock a side panel on the doorframe if service users were to barricade the door from inside their bedroom.

The Chief Minister also took the opportunity to visit the site of the new Alzheimer’s and Dementia facility to once again be briefed on its progress. The Government today noted that, 'the purpose of the visit was to examine the state of progress of the works and to view the changes that the Government intends to make to the Alzheimers and Dementia unit. This has taken on board the concerns expressed to the Government both by relatives and by experts in the field about issues such as the small size of the rooms that were originally planned.'