Despite the COVID pandemic putting at a halt most of our projects and plans, throughout the past year the Malta Heart Foundation has been working hard together with other volunteering medical professionals, the Maltese Cardiac Society and the Maltese Department at the University of Malta. The aim of this project has been to create a platform where cardiac patients may read more about different cardiac conditions and associated risk factors. In order to improve the quality and accessibility of these articles, they have been written in both Maltese and English and have also been reviewed by certified Cardiologists.

For the very first time in Malta, multiple automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have been installed in public spaces around Valletta. These are publically accessible during all time of day and year.

This study was partly financed by the Malta Heart Foundation. It studied and screened local adolescent students in order to identify any possible risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest in the young.

For the past years on Valentine's Day we gave out a number of cards to patients who are admitted in cardiac wards at Mater Dei Hospital. We hope that our little gesture can bring a smile to their faces.

The Malta Heart Foundation has donated Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to multiple entities including The Malta Olympic Committee, The University of Malta Students' Council, The House of Representatives, The Manoel Theatre, and Kullegg Maria Regina.

A number of public health checks were organised over the island. The checks involves BP reading, BMI calculations, and sugar level analysis. The attendees were educated about heart conscious lifestyle.

Over the past years we are attended multiple public events in order to distribute information and make the general public more aware of heart related illnesses, highlighting key factors which increase the risk of acquiring a cardiac disease.

Together with the Malta Red Cross we created two short videos in Maltese which were shared on social media in order to raise awareness on how CPR should be performed and on how AEDs are to be used. These form part of the Education section on our website.

An intra-aortic balloon pump worth more than €40,000, was donated by the Malta Heart Foundation to Mater Dei Hospital. This mechanical device increases oxygen levels within heart muscle leading to better heart performance.