In the Press: 14 seek help from sexual assault response team | Parked car delays patient's helicopter transfer

Stories from today's national press

The helipad at St Luke's hospital is being used as cranes around the Mater Dei helipad make landings dangerous.
The helipad at St Luke's hospital is being used as cranes around the Mater Dei helipad make landings dangerous.

The Times of Malta

14 women have sought the aid of the sexual assault response team this year, although only five chose to file a police report. Nine were of Maltese nationality and half made use of follow-up services. The team is made up of a doctor, a social worker, a nurse and, when requested, a specially trained police officer.

In-Nazzjon

Despite consistent statistics on the economic standing and employment situation in Malta, this newspaper reports that the government has yet to bring these issues forward to be discussed by Malta Council for Economic and Social Development.

L-Orizzont

A Gozitan patient faced delays yesterday after the St Luke's Hospital helipad was inaccessible to ambulances, thanks to a car parked in front of the gate. The rental car was removed by the time a second attempt, about two hours later, was made and the patient was conveyed to Mater Dei by waiting staff.

The Malta Independent

The website for the Chalk Circle Foundation, involved in controversy of 'abducted' German children, has undergone some changes after German authorities accused the foundation of human trafficking. The changes include the removal of bank details and the name of the German lawyer the foundation used.  Marcus Bergfeld, one of the founders, said that the foundation is in the process of being registered in Malta as an NGO.