“We were kicked out of the center like dirt on Thursday the 16th [février] 17 hours. The employees in shock were in tears”, laments Dominique (the first name has been changed), an employee of the René-Laborie health center, in Paris, who wished to remain anonymous like her colleagues. However, it is no surprise that the Paris court pronounced, on February 16, the liquidation of the mutual book III uMEn medical, the branch of uMEn manager of the mutual health center René-Laborie.
Deficit since leaving the bosom of the mutual Audiens, according to the unions, the establishment entered into cessation of payment on 1is FEBRUARY. The liquidation with immediate cessation of activity threatens to leave on the floor the 135 employees of the care center, attended by around 75,000 people a year.
“Partial or total recovery”
But the death knell has not yet sounded for the care center. In some cases, a company placed in judicial liquidation may be the subject of a takeover offer (total or partial), which allows the resumption of activities, the safeguarding of jobs and the elimination of liabilities. Two legal representatives have therefore been appointed to study possible takeover offers.
According to the unions, three buyers have come forward. “Several partial or total takeover offers, including with employees, have already been issued by several types of operators”confirmed Laurent Joseph, the president of uMEn medical, in a press release.
“It remains to be seen what type of buyer it is, worries a member of the CSE. We shouldn’t open a Starbucks instead of the center either. » In the meantime, doctors are worried regarding the future of their patients and their records. “We contacted the agent to request access to Doctolib, but for the moment nothing has been done”, specifies Dominique.
No reclassification
The management confirmed that in the event of dismissal, there would be no possibility of reclassification within the mutual. The president of medical uMEn, whose management has been harshly criticized by the trade unions, also defended himself: “We have gone to the maximum possible and authorized efforts to safeguard the center. »
The management of the center has been accused by the unions of having ” megalomania “. In the line of sight, the massive investments conceded in the renovation of the center, located in the heart of the second Parisian arrondissement. “Let’s hope that the significant investments which have focused on bringing the center up to regulatory standards and a necessary improvement in the patient’s care pathway will be such as to encourage takeover offers”argued Laurent Joseph.
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