Keith Schembri accuses former VGH director of having a 'vivid imagination'
Former VGH Malta director Ram Tumuluri.
Steward Health Care and former government officials implicated in a coercion and corruption conspiracy in connection with the hospitals' scandals have strongly rejected claims of wrongdoing.
Ex-Vitals Global Healthcare director Ram Tumuluri is seeking whistleblower protection in the United States, claiming he was pushed out of the hospitals' contract after being made to fear for his life.
Tumuluri named ex-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, his chief of staff Keith Schembri and ex-minister Konrad Mizzi as being part of the conspiracy with American healthcare giants Steward Health Care.
Steward said it "emphatically rejects any and all allegations of impropriety" made by Tumuluri, who is "widely reported and recognised as an international fraudster, against the company and its directors".
A spokesperson for the company said Steward considers Tumuluri's accusations as malicious, self-serving and entirely without merit.
"We reserve our rights to take legal action to defend our position and reputation.”
Ex-OPM chief of staff Keith Schembrirejected Tumuluri's claims that he raised the spectre of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder in a bid to intimidate and coerce the VGH director to leave Malta and give up his stake in the hospitals' concession to Steward.
He said all of Tumuluri's claims are "completely false and baseless".
"It is unfortunate that Mr Tumuluri...
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