The Nationalist Group in the Parliament of the Canary Islands will present a Non-Law Proposal for Lanzarote to have "its own air service for the transport of health emergencies", without having to depend on the one that has been announced for Fuerteventura, and urges all representatives of the Island to support and sign it "regardless of political color."
The nationalists trust that the PNL "will also have the support of the Government of the Canary Islands", especially from one of the government partners, Nueva Canarias, since this party "has publicly claimed on numerous occasions the right of Lanzarote to have its own health helicopter."
"It is only fair that each island has its own medicalized helicopter for the transfer of patients to the reference hospitals of Gran Canaria," said the island secretary of CC, Migdalia Machín. "A single service of these characteristics is not enough to cover the needs of the entire eastern axis, if we take into account the demographic density and the number of daily transfers and health cards of both islands, which, in the case of Lanzarote, also includes everything concerning La Graciosa," he added.
For the nationalist leader, "it is neither practical nor effective" that only one of the two islands has the emergency helicopter. "The service is still deficient and the needs of the entire population are not covered," argues Machín.
Likewise, Migdalia Machín deeply regrets that the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, "did not tell the whole truth during the Debate on the state of Canarian nationality", since she assures that the service promised for Fuerteventura "does not come into operation immediately as it is now being sold."
"Although, according to the island secretary of CC in Fuerteventura, Mario Cabrera, the immediate incorporation of the helicopter is totally viable, they will not do so until the next tender in 2025, since the current contract is in force until 2023 and can be extended for two more years," Machín clarified, who regrets that such important issues are not treated "with rigor" "as those related to health and safety."
