Walter Busuttil, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, has been appointed chief government medical officer.
He succeeds Dr Dennis Vella Baldacchino, who was made Commissioner for Mental Health a few weeks ago.
Busuttil graduated as a doctor in 1987 and is also a graduate in business administration.
In the past four years he was the medical director of Mater Dei Hospital.
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