"Henry Dunant" Hospital: They were "planning" the sell-out since 2012!
When an "extraordinary case of special urgency" becomes permanent condition that is treated with successive legislative acts, this challenges the bounds of constitutionality.
The abuse of a specific option, which is given by the legislature, which was applied in the case of "Henry Dunant", is a routine for the coalition government of ND-PASOK.
Since 2012, and given the difficult economic situation of the "Henry Dunant" the government of Samaras, with multiple legislative acts, extended the protective status of the hospital from its creditors, while it ensured tax and insurance certificates, despite the enormous debts of the hospital to the State, in order to continue its operation.
Every time the government claimed that secured the jobs of 1,040 employees of the hospital, but by perpetuating a situation of uncertainty for staff, and by avoiding to give a final solution, while at the same time "froze" the payment orders to suppliers and other creditors of "Henry Dunant" hospital.
Thus, the total debt of the hospital, according to the prevailing view, was accumulated to approximately 300 million Euros. The employees remained unpaid for months and the status of "sepsis" and uncertainty was extended.
The same time, the major creditor of "Henry Dunant", Piraeus Bank, had signed with the hospital's management a contract of assignment of movables assets. During this process was recorded and evaluated all the movable equipment of the hospital, and this assessment was used in the auction of last Wednesday.
With the contribution of the Government of Samaras, seems that Piraeus Bank safeguarded its interests in the "Henry Dunant" and today acquired the hospital free of debts, if verified that HEMITHEA SA is a company of Piraeus Bank Group. Through the auctioning, even bypassed the process of transfer, (which would also transfer the debts of the hospital to the new owner), resulting the state to resign of significant revenue, such as capital gains tax.
As for the 115 million euro of the price of the auction, are sufficient to cover only a part of the debts of the "Henry Dunant", which through the process of auction, the new owner can now ignore...
It will be interesting to see if the debts of Dunant in the state, pension funds, accrued, will be satisfied in whole or in part in order to proceed to payments to creditors and suppliers.
And if the creditors and suppliers will not be paid by the new ownership of the "Henry Dunant", then who will? Will this debts burden the state budget?
