Mater Dei: Historical Background.

Mater Dei hospital is on a  250,000 square metre area located in Imsida.  The hospital offers health care with 1,000 beds and 25 operating theatres.

In the beginning of 1990, the government developed plans to construct a 480 bed specialized teaching hospital.

In 1993 the Monte Tabur Foundation were contracted to provide FMSS with a design for the new hospital. The agreement was that Monte Tabor take over operation of the new hospital upon completion.

The designer, Orkesa Spa was selected by the Monte Tabor Foundation.

On the 12th September 1995, Skanska JV were awarded the construction contract and the work began on the 10^th October 1995.  By June 1996 level 8 and 9 were already constructed.

On the 26^th October 1996, there was a change in government.   The new government insisted on changing the project into a general hospital to be used instead of St. Luke’s Hospital.

On the 29^th January 1998, permission was given to add levels to the existing structure.

In 1998 Norman and Dawbarn were assigned as the designers for the project of the new Hospital.

In September 1998, there was another change in government and in December 1998, an MOU was signed with Skanska JV for the design.

Certification for Mater Dei were issued on the 29^th June 2007. Although work was concluded on the 19^th February 2009, there was some final touches which were concluded by 2011.

This is a basic historical background of the projects evolving.

Reference:

ARUP, 2015. FMS Mater Dei Hospital | Malta Volume 2: MAU building (PDF). Availableat:<https://0d2d5d19eb0c0d8cc8c6a655c0f6dcd98e765a68760c407565ae.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/ddc57ec207dc06e052de74e0d98b7f449ff17a4b.pdf> [Accessed 18^th March, 2017].