The Portuguese Association for Private Hospitalization (APHP) wants to «prevent violations of the principles of transparency and free competition» in the event of a possible transfer to a private entity that manages the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center of the South, of São Brás de Alportel and has already asked for a meeting with the direction of the Regional Health Administration to address this issue.
The association mentions the case of the «concession, without public tender, of the Rehabilitation Center in the North to Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Porto» and hopes that, in the case of its counterpart in the South, the process will be more comprehensive.
ARS Algarve took over the management of this health unit last November, after terminating the contract it had with GP Saúde, under a Public Private Partnership.
«APHP hopes that ARS Algarve finds, as soon as possible, and in absolute respect for market laws, an autonomous management model that allows this highly specialized and internationally certified health unit to continue its activity in an administrative regime similar to the one it has had for the last seven years, within the scope of the concession to the Galilei group», said the association.
“It's no use, at this stage, regretting the current impasse or what motivated it. What matters now is to continue to ensure a future of excellence for this health unit, and this involves, in the first instance, guaranteeing a transparent public tender for the concession of its management», considered the president of APHP Artur Osório Araújo.
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