PSOE of Fuerteventura denounces that the announcement of three new ambulances for the island is propaganda, as it depends on an unstarted tender and an unresolved labour conflict.
PSOE of Fuerteventura has criticized the Government of the Canary Islands for the announcement of the addition of three new ambulances for emergency assistance on the island. The socialists believe this is a propaganda strategy that generates unrealistic expectations among the population.
The Deputy Secretary General of PSOE majorero, Manuel Hernández Cerezo, has pointed out that the arrival of these medical vehicles is contingent upon the future tender for ground ambulance services, a process that has not even begun. Furthermore, the process is conditioned by the serious labour conflict that the emergency medical technicians of the Canary Islands are facing.
“It is irresponsible to announce new ambulances as if they will be available in the short term when the reality is that the tender has not yet been issued and there is an ongoing labour conflict that makes it unfeasible to set any serious timeline,” Hernández Cerezo stated.
The socialist leader reminded that the workers in the ambulance service have had their collective agreement expired since December 2024 and claim to have lost around 25% of their purchasing power during these years. He also criticized that during the negotiation of the new agreement, the Ministry of Health has only engaged with the employers' association, sidelining the union representation, which, in his opinion, demonstrates the current Government of the Canary Islands' lack of political will to dignify the working conditions of an essential group.
In this context, Hernández Cerezo pointed out that union representatives in the sector do not expect the new tender to come into effect before the end of 2027 or the beginning of 2028, meaning the newly announced ambulances are unlikely to be operational before those dates.
“What Fuerteventura needs is not announcements without administrative backing or credible timelines. What it needs is a Government that manages, that dialogues with the workers, and that resolves the blockage that keeps an essential service paralyzed,” he added.
PSOE of Fuerteventura believes that improving urgent medical transport is a priority for an island with special territorial and population conditions, but warns that this improvement must be built on real commitments, executed budgets, and completed administrative procedures, not on announcements that only seek to make headlines.
“The people of Fuerteventura deserve respect. One cannot play with such a sensitive service as emergency healthcare by creating expectations that the Government itself knows it cannot meet in the short term. We are witnessing, once again, announcements from the Minister of Health for Fuerteventura that end up being just headlines,” concluded Manuel Hernández Cerezo.
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