Kyle Patrick Camilleri<a href='https://ads.independent.com.mt/www/delivery/ck.php?n=afef72b0&cb=40' target='_blank'><img data-src='https://ads.independent.com.mt/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=22&cb=40&n=afef72b0' border='0' alt='' /></a>The appeal on the recently cancelled tender to expand Mater Dei Hospital's emergency department will be heard "in the coming days", Health Minister, Jo Etienne Abela, told The Malta Independent. ADVERTISEMENTCE-BB Projects Ltd filed an appeal over the Government's decision before the public contracts review board. By expanding the national hospital's A&E Department, this project was envisioned to alleviate some strain off the country's presently stretched emergency services. Simultaneously, the development of 10 mental health wards was opted as the Government's means to shift mental health services away from Mount Carmel Hospital. Plans within the tender envisioned for patients staying at these mental health wards to have access to an outdoor therapeutic garden.