The Hungarian ambulance service is getting faster, safer and more efficient thanks to one of the Government’s strategic partners, Daimler AG, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs and External Economic Relations Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in the town of Zsámbék, north-central Hungary, where the National Ambulance Service received ten new Mercedes Sprinter ambulance vehicles.
Mr. Szijjártó said the company that represents state-of-the-art technology was contributing to the Government’s strategic goal of upgrading the country’s ambulance services.
He pointed out that the Government had launched the EU-funded program that would modernize ambulance services in 2012. Within the framework of the program, they will receive 200 new vehicles, including 178 new ambulances, the State Secretary said, adding that the new ambulances are safer, more economical and more environmentally friendly.
Minister of State for Healthcare Miklós Szócska said that during the procurement the goal was to build a unified ambulance service in line with 21st century requirements. The Government took care to acquire ergonomically efficient cars that would provide a standardized working environment for all emergency medical teams across the country.
Mr. Szócska also said that the cars have the necessary equipment to communicate with the new electronic dispatch system. Ingo Fröhlich, CEO of Mercedes Benz Hungaria, said his company was proud to contribute to Hungary’s strategic goals and that Mercedes-Benz “was never so closely involved in everyday life in Hungary as it is now”.
(Ministry of Human Resources)
