According to the report by the Burgenland Court of Auditors, which the state commissioned, there were numerous inconsistencies and insufficient documentation when granting licenses. Massive cost savings could have been made. It is also questioned whether a helicopter base near Gols even makes sense.
The state’s search for an operator for a new helicopter base in the Neusiedl am See district was “problematic” from the start, according to the Burgenland State Audit Office in a 100-page report – the review was commissioned by the state itself. Defects in traceability “After Roy Knaus’s Martin Flugrettung was first awarded the contract, the ÖAMTC lodged an objection and was right. This procurement process and the court costs amounted to 70,500 euros, which could have been saved. According to the RH, Martin Flugrettung would have been excluded from the award decision because it could not provide proof of aviation approval. According to RH director Rene Wenk, the auditors “identified many deficiencies in documentation and traceability.” No statistical analyzes Even in the preparation phase, the state did not adequately record the needs assessment, said Wenk. There were no statistical analyzes or evaluations of emergency medical operations in Burgenland in the award act. The contract value was also not estimated accordingly. 13 times the cost for the location in the north. The fact that the needs assessment was insufficiently documented is critical because future expenses for the planned emergency medical helicopter location near Gols will increase significantly. The helicopters currently take off for missions in the south of the country from Oberwart (cost: 1 million euros per year) and in the north from Wiener Neustadt; the annual expenditure for this amounts to only 75,000 euros. “Only” because 22 percent of the total deployment is sufficient to cover current needs. A separate location in Burgenland would cost 13 times as much. “Crash landing” and “official failure” The parties assess the test report differently. While SPÖ health spokesman Kilian Brandstätter states that “State Governor Doskozil is fighting for better care,” ÖVP club chairman Markus Ulram says: “Doskozil made a real crash landing in the air rescue case. He wasted taxpayers’ money unnecessarily.” The Greens are annoyed that “the state governor doesn’t choose a location for the first time and then argues by hook or by crook why it is supposed to be the best,” says Auditor General spokesman Wolfgang Spitzmüller. And FPÖ state manager Rudolf Smolej is of the opinion that “the state auditor’s report reads like a script for official failure.”
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