The general director of the Policlinico Riuniti of Foggia Vitangelo Dattoli was arrested by the Guardia di Finanza for auction disruption and false ideology.
In addition to him, 5 other people were arrested, two managers, one from the Riuniti and the other from the Asl di Fogga, two entrepreneurs and a fixer. The investigation by the Foggia Public Prosecutor's Office concerns two contracts of 36 million euros for the ordinary helicopter rescue service and 2.6 million euros for the air transport of organs.
The six arrested are all under house arrest on various charges and in concurrence with each other, of troubled freedom of enchantments, troubled freedom of the procedure for choosing the contractor and ideological falsehood committed by the public official in public documents.
The crimes refer to events that occurred in Foggia between 2019 and 2020. According to the accusation, two tenders announced by Foggia public bodies operating in the health field were "manipulated": one for the assignment of the helicopter rescue service ordinary (for 36.6 million euros for the first five years and 29.8 million for any extension) and the other for the assignment of the air transport service of organs and medical team for organ harvesting and transplantation activities, (for 2.6 million for the first four years, extendable - in case of extension - up to 4.6 million).
The leaders and official representatives of the public commissioning bodies, this is the accusation, would have favored an air transport company in Foggia by creating, with the intermediation of the retired doctor, a preferential lane to ensure victory in the tenders.
(Unioneonline / D)
