Sasko: Ambulance Service Tender Was Cancelled in Lawful Manner

Bratislava, 13 August (TASR) - The ambulance service tender was scrapped in a lawful manner, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) stated at a press conference on Wednesday. "The ambulance service tender was cancelled and it was cancelled in a lawful manner. Whoever disputes this basic fact is lying, this fact is immutable and this fact is irreversible," stressed Sasko. The minister went on to say that the tender evaluation report, which was sent to the ministry by the Emergency Medical Service Operation Centre (OS ZZS), had serious shortcomings. "Both procedural and legal, that the Health Ministry simply returned it to the centre. ... This attempt at a final report simply didn't respect the situation that, for example, one of the bidders withdrew, and this even before the report was delivered to me," he stated. OS ZZS on Wednesday scrapped the tender aimed at evaluating applications to operate ambulance service stations. A total of 351 ambulance stations were in the frame. am/mcs