80 personal ambulances, which belong to non-public clinics and hospitals, are under-functioning right now and the Ministry of Well being seems utterly unfavorable to the creation of a brand new Nationwide Ambulance Service, which covers all ambulances in Cyprus, the President of the Affiliation of Non-public Ambulances, Roulis Christou and the President of the Affiliation of Non-public Hospitals, Marios Karaiskakis.
They argued that, whereas the European Union promotes private and non-private sector cooperation, the Ministry of Well being determined to create a monopoly of OKYPY, with the outcome that sufferers usually are not adequately served and primarily based on their very own needs.
On the event of yesterday's fruitless assembly of all these concerned within the Ministry of Well being, Mr. Christou famous that OKYPY ambulances are despatched to non-public occasions and even to soccer matches, whereas the eighty personal ambulances stay idle.
Supply: Radio RIK
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