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A drug test will have to be taken by anyone selected to work with the former Emergency Medical Services of Trinidad and Tobago (EMSTT) under its new management.

This will also apply to the paramedics and other workers now employed in the service.

Replacing the EMSTT will be Global Medical Response of Trinidad and Tobago, a joint venture between Amalgamated Security Services Ltd and Trinidad Global Medical Services, based in Miami, Florida, USA.

The takeover becomes effective on October 1.

The EMS has since 2003 been administered by the South West Regional Health Authority for the Ministry of Health, under the management of Joanne Salazar.
Current EMS employees have been invited to re-apply between September 5 and 9 for work with the new ambulance services company.

"But before they, or any other set of workers, are given a contract they will have to undergo a drug test," a senior GMRTT director said.

Privatisation of the service was reported exclusively by the Daily Express in January.

And last month GMRTT was awarded a $150 million contract to run it for the next three years.

Johnny Aboud, of Amalgamated Security, said yesterday that "the focus of the company will be to provide a proper ambulance service". At present 283 technical people are working with the EMSTT to manage 37 ambulances stationed in 14 locations.

The ambulance services in Tobago are run by the Tobago Regional Health Authority.

Workers employed with EMSTT are reportedly wary about the new package offered by GMRTT.

The workers said they were not "at liberty" to speak to the media on the matter and any questions should be referred to the Public Services Association.

Senior officials of the PSA were not in office yesterday but it was learned that the new salary offered to the EMSTT workers was more than they were receiving at present.

The basic monthly salary of a technician is $3,900 plus $250 meal and laundry allowance.

GMRTT is offering the employees a flat $4,800 plus medical insurance and a savings plan.

The technicians now work an average of 168 hours, but they will be expected to work between 192 and 200 hours a month under their new contract.

Aboud said the company held a meeting last Thursday at which the employees were told that they will have the option of working more hours and would be paid accordingly. The company started as the Emergency Health Services in 1999 as a pilot programme under the management of a company from Nova Scotia, Canada.

Source: Trinidad & Tobago Express - Port-of-Spain,Trinidad and Tobago

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