Firefighters Constance Volunteers have 23 vehicles stopped for lack of money for fuel, and today claimed a debt of 200,000 euros to the Middle Tagus Hospital (CHMT), said the commander of the corporation.
“We are experiencing severe financial difficulties and since Thursday, February 19, we have 23 ambulances to transport patients stopped because there was no money for diesel,” said today the agency Lusa the commander of Constance corporation, in the district of Santarém.
At issue, pointed Adelino Gomes, are ‘accumulated debts of CHMT “- which includes district hospitals of Abrantes, Tomar and Torres Novas -” for services already rendered, since September 2014, but not yet paid, and amounting to 200 thousand euros. ‘
The corporation with 110 firefighters, has “ordered and obligations to the state on time,” said Adelino Gomes, but “only five cars still have some fuel for the provision of assistance ‘in the area .
“We no longer provide the services requested by the hospital, which constitute about 80 percent of the work provided by our ambulances, but until Wednesday, February 25, if the payments are not made we will have to stop all providing relief for financial bottlenecks and lack of fuel, spare parts and car maintenance ‘he noted.
Contacted by Lusa, the administration of CHMT said that payments are up to date, stating that ‘the end of 2014, were paid to the Federation of Firefighters all invoices conferred to date’.
“The CHMT has no individual contractual agreement with the fire brigade. The contract of the Middle Tagus Hospital is with the Federation of Fire and is the entity that performs the CHMT invoices payments’, according to information sent to the Lusa agency for the administration of the Hospital.
The Board of Directors’ has made an effort to pay invoices to the Federation, after the completion of the same conference process, although these have payment 90 days, “he concluded.
Contacted by Lusa, the vice president of the Federation of Santarém District Fire Department, José Viegas, said that “the last payment made by the CHMT was in August 2014″.
“We have urged the CHMT to reset the set, which is the payment in 90 days, but since August of last year that nothing was paid,” he said.
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