This Wednesday, October 26, 150 employees of the Grenoble Common Hospital Group (GHM) were on strike. They accuse businessman Bernard Bensaïd, who bought the plant in 2020, of draining money to finance the Avec group, of which he is the director.
Oncology, maternity, laboratory: this afternoon all the services were present on the forecourt of the health clinic. Thus gathered, the 150 employees wanted to denounce the financial movements of their boss, Bernard Bensaid.
Every month since March, the hospital’s cash flow has been pierced by one and a half million euros for the benefit of the group Withof which he is the director.
“The board meeting that took place two weeks ago did not vote Mr Bensaidthrough the group Withcan take 1.5 million as expected … As a result, one person was fired and another was asked to resignsays Patrizia Soldanotrade union delegate FO. Except 15 days later, unable to take the money, he will do it again today at 14:30with new people on the board to make sure you can hire silver”.
Part of these financial movements would be in the form of loans. Eventually, the group With he should then reimburse them in the clinic. But workers fear that this is not the case.
They fear serious consequences from next year, in particular that it will no longer be possible to pay salaries or suppliers, for example.
“The the vision of those who have redeemed us is a group vision. That is to say, we must help such and such a group or group that is not necessarily involved in health, deplores Nicolas Albin, chairman of the establishment’s medical commission. There we oppose. Our goal is really the defense of the establishment, because if it continues like this, we will fall“.
Group practices With went up to First minister, Elizabeth Born. “There is and will not be complacency, ease, naivety on the part of the public authorities towards this group, regardless of the imaginary support it invokes. We do not accept its excesses and wherever this actor is established, I have asked the state services to be attentive, demanding and reagents“ahe said during the government questioning session on 25 October.
After the board meeting, the group With voted for a transfer of less than five hundred thousand euros. In a statement, he indicates that there is “no reason from launch an alert procedure, thus putting an end to the controversies deliberately maintained by the unions in need of mobilization, or by the handful of those who have always opposed the AVEC Group’s bailout of the establishment“.
The legal action against the acquisition of the mutual clinic by this group is still pending. The sentence is expected to be issued early next year.
