We owe it to our angels
These last days I followed attentively what was reported by maltastar.com with regards to the NPICU.
I know this unit very well and also know what the staff does there – they simply do miracles. Seven hours after I gave birth to my baby, complications arose and my baby had to be transferred by helicopter to Malta because in Gozo the situation is simply pathetic with regards to neonatal care. Luckily my baby had nothing that serious. The day after I gave birth I went to Mater Dei myself. I met all the angels who took care of my baby and although at the time I felt the unluckiest person on earth, I thanked God for the people working at the NPICU.
When I was there, the ward was full of newborns with problems – some more severe than others. The attention given to the babies is incredible – each and every baby there had a ward full of mums and dads. When I experienced this feeling myself, I felt guilt for ever thinking of having my new born baby girl in the hands of strangers without her mum.
The staff did more than was humanly possible. I saw this with my own eyes that the staff was terribly overstretched and resources terribly limited. I remember calling ex-Minister Deguara to point out some urgent needs which were rectified very quickly. I really cannot understand how a state of the art hospital could end up in a situation like this with such a sensitive ward in such an administrative havoc.
I am a politician but I am a mother too with first hand experience of NPICU. Government cannot simply remain idle – lives are at stake. If situation remains status quo I call upon all mothers who have had their children saved by NPICU so that we all go to Castille with our children in our hands bearing live testimony of what the NPICU angels are capable of doing.
We owe this to the angels who saved the lives of our children.
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2008 - Justyne Caruana
