Ta Qali animal hospital to reopen next year [Video]

The Ta’ Qali Animal Hospital is set to reopen next year, having been closed since 2023. 

Education Minister Clifton Grima and Animal Rights Minister Anton Refalo had previously said that the hospital would reopen at the start of the current academic year and serve as a campus for students training as veterinarians. But that reopening has been delayed, for undisclosed reasons. 

The hospital closed after a number of machines suffered extensive damage from a power surge. 

MCAST had been awarded a concession to run the facility and use it for its Master’s Programme in Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) of Spain.  

“Work is progressing towards issuing a public tender for the animal hospital’s operations, with internal feasibility studies already conducted to ensure the financial viability and necessary upgrades for the facility,” an education spokesperson told Times of Malta. 

“The hospital is expected to open in 2025, at which point …