(Exclusive) Serpa: Fire without the INEM ambulance. Are stopped by malfunction.
Since last day 18 December Firefighters Volunteer Serpa (BVS) are to ensure emergency services enabled by the Operational Center for Emergency Patients (CODU) with their own ambulances.
At issue is the fact that the vehicle of the National Medical Emergency Institute (INEM) based on the corporation's "White City" is in the garage waiting for the order to be made to repair, not having been placed in the VHL a replacement ambulance.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), concerned is a repair of around 3.500 euros, whose budget has already been sent to the INEM, but that does not have permission to be made the arrangement.
The VHL have secured the services with the use of its fleet, since the Office has not shifted to a replacement vehicle Serpa. corporate source told LN that "although we have a fleet of 10 ambulances, the vehicle of the INEM in addition to being an asset, is causing constraints ", justifying awaiting "permission for it to be repaired", concluded.
The case is generating being bad, After having revealed the last LN (Thursday) Firefighters Volunteer MĂ©rtola (BVM) have stopped emergency vehicle for nearly three months, awaiting order without replacement and repair of vehicle. The MĂ©rtola situation is more complicated than that of Serpa, since vehicle is "broken engine" and its repair is estimated at 8.000 euros.
It is recalled that the direction of the BVM has already announced the INEM, that until the next day 15 January to replace the damaged ambulance is not regularized, They will refuse to emergency services enabled by the Operational Center for Emergency Patients (CODU).
The LN yesterday tried to contact the INEM for answers on the case of Serpa, but this was not possible.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
