On Tuesday morning, a devastating A morning of terror in Santa Eulària by the fire in a building leaving multiple injured and triggering all emergency systems.
The fire left one person seriously injured by burns, who had to be rushed to Madrid, and forced the evacuation of dozens of neighbors, many of whom had to be treated in the street.
The problem was not only the severity of the fire, but the lack of a key resource: the 061 health logistics vehicle, designed for incidents with multiple injured, as reported by Diario de Ibiza.
This special van, which allows the deployment of a medical tent and provides shelter for those affected, was not available on the island. The reason: he had been in Mallorca for two weeks to pass the Technical Inspection of Vehicles (ITV).
The vehicle was in Mallorca: an absence that generates doubts
The special ambulance had been in Ibiza for months without being able to be used because it had expired ITV. However, instead of performing the inspection on the island, it was decided to move it to Mallorca. Two weeks later, it has still not returned, which has generated concern and discomfort among emergency service workers.
The works council of GSAIB, which manages the 061 ambulances in the Balearic Islands, has criticized this situation and fears that the vehicle could end up staying permanently in Mallorca. What should have been a simple technical inspection has left Ibiza without a key resource in an emergency.
Lack of personnel: an unsolved problem in Ibiza
Beyond the absence of the vehicle, the problem is even deeper. Even if the health logistics ambulance had been on the island, it could not have been used because Ibiza does not have the necessary personnel to operate it.
Unlike Mallorca and Menorca, where these resources do have health emergency technicians for their operation, in Ibiza there have never been enough professionals to activate it in a crisis situation. This has led to the fact that, in practice, this vehicle has never been able to fulfill its function on the island.
