Ambulance of INEM Advariada was six months in the workshop and was towed without reparation. The vehicle was added to the firefighters of Mértola by the protocol with INEM.
Six months after being admitted to a workshop to be repaired, It was on Friday towed from Beja for the premises of the National Institute of Emergency Medical (INEM), in Lisbon, the ambulance that was attached to the Volunteer Firefighters of Mértola (BVM) and stop since 12 November last year.
After receiving a first vehicle repair budget surrounding the 25.000 euros, INEM contacted the company to "improve" the document, aiming at a lower expense, What was done, but that never deserved an answer from INEM to repair.
Past 143 DAYS WITHOUT ANSWER OF THE INSTITUTE, The company communicated to the BVM the need to remove the car from the interior of the park, since it was occupying a necessary space to repair other vehicles. The corporation's direction informed the inhem-maneuvering that “it only assumed the responsibility of removing the ambulance, if it were operational ”, having communicated to the company that the vehicle was the property of INEM and “it was responsible for taking over it”.
As there was no answer, a 10 April the company said that from 21 From that month would be the “parking fee” charge, What according to Lidador News (LN) if it came to check before the survey yesterday of the vehicle.
The corporation has been waiting since September 2019, the delivery of a new vehicle, Situation that was assumed in a letter signed by Luís Meira, The then president of the INEM Board of Directors, that transmitted the information that “in 2020 a new ambulance would be attributed ”, What never realized.
As the protocol between INEM and the fire brigade was changed, passed the monthly payment of 6.000 to 8.600 euros, The direction of the Mertolenses volunteers acquired last year a new ambulance, which had a cost of 63.871,36 euros, and 50.000 supported by the Municipality of Mértola and the rest for the humanitarian association. Has learned the JN, After several vicissitudes the vehicle was finally certified by the Earth Mobility Institute (IMT) and will be delivered next week to the corporation.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
