Announcing MMSC XI

Abstract

The last Malta Medical School Conference, the Xth in this series, was held quite some time ago in 2018. Since then, there has been a lot of water under this particular bridge, not least because the COVID 19 pandemic effectively scuppered the projected schedule for the MMSC XI that was due sometime in 2021. The conference was eventually rescheduled for 2024 but these plans were seriously derailed by an inordinate increase in bureaucracy and regulations relating to events involving large sums of money. Despite having made significant progress toward ‘landing’ in 2024, the Organising Committee was instructed to re-issue tenders (twice!), resulting in lengthy delays. Unfortunately, the MMSC Organising Committee, as an entity within the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, was obliged to work within the rules pertaining to the UOM, and with all the bureaucracy that that entails. Ultimately, the Committee settled for a venue acceptable to the establishment, but this incurred a further 12-month delay and an-almost-doubling of the initial projected costs!