{"id":1553,"date":"2018-07-13T15:36:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=1553"},"modified":"2018-07-18T15:51:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T13:51:40","slug":"nehhew-il-pastizzi-mill-mater-dei","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/nehhew-il-pastizzi-mill-mater-dei\/","title":{"rendered":"They banished the pastizzi from Mater Dei!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was some weeks ago that on every newspaper,\u00a0newsportal\u00a0and social media platform people were commending the fact that\u00a0pastizzi<\/i>\u00a0were banished from Mater Dei! Not only!! Even cakes were removed. This is so the Maltese public can eat more healthily at our national hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cue everyone\u2019s comments.\u00a0Even on the Times of Malta there was a survey asking members of the public whether or not they agreed with this action. If I remember correctly, the majority of the public agreed. Furthermore, the two main political parties also agreed with this initiative. So, allow me to be the lone voice in the desert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the last few days I was talking to\u00a0some workers who are union members and some patients and they were telling me that not even sugar in tea or coffee\u00a0is allowed\u00a0in the wards anymore. And this got me thinking:\u00a0so\u00a0what will those who do not drink coffee without sugar do? Will they have to forfeit tea and coffee? I asked around and I got the same answer \u2026 there\u2019s nothing doing \u2026 get your own!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So\u00a0I went to Hospital to visit a friend and\u00a0I found myself in the canteen. You will never guess what I found. Yes, the very things that were not supposed to be there.\u00a0PASTIZZI\u00a0<\/i>and other unhealthy items. But wait. These are gourmet pastizzi<\/em>\u2026 maybe these\u00a0pastizzi<\/i>\u00a0were healthier than normal\u00a0pastizzi<\/i>? I thought to myself what I always hear around me \u2026 \u201cso what?\u201d\u00a0Then I looked to my right. And do you know what I saw? Yes \u2026 the very same \u2026 which are also not allowed \u2026 CAKES!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But hold on \u2026 what is happening???\u00a0The\u00a0pastizzi<\/i>\u00a0and the cakes ended up back in the canteen. How else are we going to earn\u00a0an\u00a0euro? But the teaspoon of sugar in the coffee at the wards \u2026 no, not that \u2026 that is too harmful for the patient. The myth going around was that one teaspoon would add kilos to your weight. But, not if you were to bring some sugar from home. That is harmless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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And that is why before I asked you to let me be the lone voice in the desert. Let me say:\u00a0YES\u00a0to sugar and NO to\u00a0pastizzi<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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