Tributes have flooded in for Joseph Grech, the nursing aide who died on Saturday, with his grieving community describing him as a kind and devout man who was immensely dedicated to his job. The 48-year-old was involved in with an ambulance outside Mater Dei Hospital on Saturday evening. He was pronounced dead on the spot.
A 54-year-old Romanian woman - Grech's colleague - was also hit and remains grievously injured. A magisterial inquiry has been opened into the incident and a police investigation is still ongoing. The loss of Grech - father to a young child - has rocked the medical community where he was known to work tirelessly, as well as that of Cospicua residents, where many grieved the loss of an active member of the local community.
Posting several pictures of Grech including photos with their son, his wife Lorraine Aquilina thanked the public for the solidarity shown over the tragic loss of her husband. “I cannot help but mention Joseph’s joyful, impulsive and loud character, but above all else, the love and enormous devotion he had towards Our Lady of Immaculate Conception and our lord Jesus Christ,” she said. “What happened yesterday meant that in the blink of an eye, I had to give him up, but he’s left us to join them, and his father and mother, whom he loved dearly.
” “Rest in peace Joseph, and please help me continue raising our treasure Francesco from up there, together with my parents and with the blessing of God and the immaculate gaze of Our Lady.
