The Government allocates 352 million euros to renew medicalized helicopters and airplanes
It is foreseen that the fleet does about 1,800 flight hours annually
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PalmaThe Governing Council has authorized the director general of the Health Service to contract an air medical transport service for patients with a budget of 351,945,600 euros. With these resources, the air fleet will be renewed so that patients from Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera can travel with agility to Mallorca.
There will be four medical helicopters, three operational with bases in Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, and one for support. Furthermore, a medicalized plane will also be acquired. The contract includes an estimated forecast of 1,800 flight hours annually for the entire fleet, an estimated calculation based on historical activity and the forecast of foreseeable care needs. With availability 24 hours a day, with 12 hours of physical presence with two pilots and 12 hours of permanent and on-call duty, with a system of rotating shifts.
Five urgent water repairs
In parallel, the Government has carried out five emergency actions to repair three breakdowns in the drinking water supply pipeline in Pollen莽a and two in sanitation infrastructures in Ibiza, to guarantee the service and avoid wastewater spills. The Balearic Water and Environmental Quality Agency (Abaqua) carried out the actions. The first repair cost 40,952 euros, and those in Ibiza, 99,846 and 90,655 euros.
