Mrs. Cleveland and Baby Ruth 
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(Title) a “brilliant field of glory” for the unscrupulous has become the field of Evacuation. Individuals with “pirated” ambulances, taking advantage of delays in ambulance, ravaging space violating every sense of legality and charging the ambulance with a very high price, gaining thereby “untaxed” profits at the expense of patients.
This situation is has been repeatedly denounced by the Ambulance Employees Association, which a few days ago and sent a letter to the Special Secretary, Mr John SDOE Kapeleri, seeking to contribute to the control of the House of the phenomenon. As explained in the “K” the president of the Ambulance Employees Association Theodoros Konstantinou, under current institutional arrangements, right to operate private ambulances are only clinics, hospitals and diagnostic centers to serve only those who use their services without charge. Also, licensed ambulance can get insurance companies to serve their subscribers, again free of charge or mass and workplaces, as for example plants.
«In certain cases, permits functions of the Ambulance “rented” or sold to individuals who illegally use the ambulances for evacuation of chronic cases against high-pay, “says Mr. Constantine and continues:” Individuals do around hospitals and handing out “business cards to patients or placing them in “strategic” areas, such as for example, bulletin boards, elevators Mr. A. parked the pirate ambulances even within the same areas of hospitals and waiting for the call for evacuation, which charge a completely arbitrary and natural without cut absolutely no evidence “. According to Mr. Constantine, the “Tariff” for evacuation in the Athens range around 70 euros, depending on the distance from the hospital to the home of the patient. Characteristically noted, “We have complaints that modulate the charge and the floor where the patient lives. And the charge for evacuation from the hospital in the province could exceed 700 million. Estimates of the Ambulance Employees Association, Attica move about 50 private ambulances. For the operation of ambulance staff used these uninsured and unregulated fees, “says Mr. Constantine, who adds that the association admitted allegations according to which is still used ambulance staff.
The pirate ambulances take non-emergency ambulance services, such as chronic cases and patients discharged from the hospital, but because of their condition, should be transported by stretcher. Basically, the “pirates” operate to delay the ambulance. It is indicative that the ambulance taking the hospital ranging from 2 m m – 3 m m and the patients may have to wait long until it’s their turn for an ambulance.
The Ambulance Service in Attica takes on a daily basis about 200 calls for the evacuation of chronic cases and it enjoys that 15 ambulances in a morning and afternoon light. “It’s not unusual to go to hospital to” pick up “patient and inform us that he finally left with a private ambulance,” says Mr. Constantine and states: “Echoume ask the administration to strengthen the ambulance on the track ambulance chronic cases based on the needs that exist to serve the people without falling into the nets of skilful ».
by Penny Mpouloutza
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18 -7-2010
E.G. Booz’s Old Cabin Whiskey Bottle, ca. 1860-1870 
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