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Doctors want to buy their own hospital

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Last week, the archipelago announced that it would close the two hospitals in Münsingen and Tiefenau in Bern.

The hospital in Münsingen BE should actually close its doors at the end of June. The owner of the hospital, the Inselgruppe, announced last week that it would close the Münsingen BE and Tiefenau BE locations due to lack of profitability.

But now there still seems to be hope: a group of about 30 doctors from the hospital have joined forces and want to take over the hospital in the city of Bern, writes the “Berner Zeitung”.

Has already established a joint stock company

The prospective buyers have already set up a public limited company before the takeover. In addition to two staff doctors, there are also an economist and a lawyer on the board of directors. The chairman of the board is one of the doctors.

All have experience in the healthcare sector. The shareholders are also currently made up entirely of doctors. But there are “well-known investors from the region” and also some GPs who show great interest in the project. The group of doctors writes this in a fact sheet that is available in the Berner Zeitung.

No public funds

The project is exclusively privately financed. Municipalities and canton should – from now on – not participate in the takeover.

The group’s spokesperson is a politician. Beat Moser (Greens) is mayor of Münsingen and fights for the survival of the hospital in his municipality. He told the “Berner Zeitung”: “The hospital is an important building block in the basic care of the entire region. So I really hope we can find a solution.”

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Many open questions

It is difficult to estimate how great the chances of the project are. For example, the hospital building belongs to the canton of Bern. The archipelago only rented it. It is therefore not clear from whom the group of doctors should ultimately rent or buy the hospital.

The closures of Tiefenau and Münsingen would lead to at least 200 redundancies. The rest of the staff of the two hospitals – about 800 employees – will get jobs in other hospitals.

The archipelago does not comment on the new takeover plan. The reason for this is that the group is currently in a consultation process due to the planned layoffs. (sq)

Source:Blick

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