The company has been in turmoil since the release of the book “Les Fossoyeurs”. It announced on Wednesday that it had opened a new amicable conciliation procedure in order to renegotiate its debt with its creditors.
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“Orpéa’s over-indebtedness will have no consequence, no impact, no impact on the service we owe to our patients”assured Wednesday, October 26 on franceinfo Guillaume Pepy, chairman of the board of directors of the group of private nursing homes Orpea.
The company, in turmoil since the January 2022 release of the book The Gravediggers, announced on Wednesday that it had opened a new amicable conciliation procedure before the Nanterre commercial court in order to renegotiate its debt with its creditors. The group’s debt amounted to more than 9.5 billion euros as of September 30.
“There is an over-indebtedness of the company for which the previous team is responsiblepointed out Guillaume Pepy. This over-indebtedness will have no consequence, no impact, no impact on the 250,000 people who come to Orpéa each year, nor on the 80,000 professionals who work at Orpéa..
Justice had opened in April a preliminary investigation for “institutional abuse” and “financial offences”, following a report by the government. With franceinfo, the director of the board of directors of the Ehpad group assures that there will be “massive recruitment of staff, additional budgets and a principle of zero tolerance on mistreatment”.
Guillaume Pepy also mentions “dismissals for fault and without compensation of the people who are responsible for these embezzlements” as well as “of the legal proceedings by name which have been brought before the courts”.