The tender for ambulances will be legally canceled. Health Minister Kamil Šaško (Voice-SD) said this in an opinion sent by TASR spokeswoman Veronika Daničová. The Minister claims that, according to the first results of the analyzes, which the Emergency Medical Service Operations Center (OS) SR, the SR, applied for last week, There was legal uncertainty that could allow a different interpretation of the legal regulation of the ongoing tender. At the same time, according to him, the transparency of the whole process could be endangered.
- The tender will be canceled according to legal rules.
- The transparency of the process was jeopardized by legal uncertainty.
- The medical service guarantees fast and quality intervention.
- The opposition parties expressed distrust of the Minister of Health.
As he said, from Tuesday (12 August), he will authorize the management of the OSS of the ZZS of the new statutory representative, which will take all the necessary steps to cancel the tender in the next possible time, fully in accordance with the law. “The current system of selection of ambulance operators has been operating in Slovakia for 20 years since Minister Zajac and no one has ever changed it. It has now been shown that this system is not good because it could not prevent suspicions of non -transparency, although politicians, but experts, were not responsible for it. Therefore, as a Minister of Health, I will present a proposal for a new system in the coming days, which we will negotiate with our coalition partners”Added Šaško.
At the same time he guaranteed that Regardless of the latest events, people in Slovakia can rely on the ambulance to come to them in time with qualified staff.
The tender for the ambulances was criticized by the opposition and the CIS coalition. Opposition Parties on Friday (8 August) in this context filed in parliament a proposal to pronounce distrust to the clowns. MEPs should negotiate a petition on Wednesday (13 August) at an extraordinary meeting. Shaško declared that will not allow scandals or “business”. The head of the OSS of the ZZS SR Marián Povolný resigned on Monday.
