Sainte-Marguerite clinic awaiting the decision of the commercial court

Indeed, salaries from March 6 to 31 were paid under the partial activity scheme by the management. The release of salaries therefore canceled the judicial liquidation hearing. However, the establishment remains in receivership until next May 6, the date of the next hearing before the court. This delay will allow the takeover bid to be improved so that it is presented in full to the commercial court. As such, the current management and the buyer are working together to finalize this acquisition. And the remaining doubt about the ARS authorizations should be lifted by the May 6 hearing.

OPTIMISM

Following these recent developments, Stéphane Rambaud, MP for the 3rd constituency of Var, expressed his support for the employees. While waiting for the court's decision, which has been postponed to May 6, the parliamentarian remains somewhat optimistic about the future of this health establishment, which is essential for the Hyères area. He explained: "Since its closure in May 2024 following a fire, the Sainte-Marguerite clinic has gone through difficult times. However, the latest news brings hope with the announcement of the payment of March salaries under partial activity, as well as the operating authorization guarantees granted to the acquiring group. These decisions mark a decisive turning point in this case. The cancellation of the hearing scheduled for April 11 before the Toulon commercial court, which was to result in judicial liquidation, is a victory for all those fighting for the reopening of the clinic. This respite allows the takeover candidate to finalize their file and present improved offers at the May 6 hearing. I salute the joint efforts of elected officials, trade unions, and the judicial administrator who made it possible to obtain this crucial delay."

SERIOUS BUYER

Thus, after 10 months of suffering, precariousness, questioning, and false hopes, which condemned the 267 employees and the Sainte-Marguerite clinic to death, the sky has cleared up significantly for the employees, as Linda Blanche (FO) points out: "The management had plunged us into extreme precariousness by no longer paying our salaries since last February 1st and by withholding information and documents from the representative in order to block our salaries and speed up the liquidation process. Now, we have a serious buyer, a large private healthcare group ready to do everything possible to restart the activity of the Sainte-Marguerite clinic, to bring it back to life and to save us." "And the doctors are also waiting for the reopening so that we can resume our activity all together," the union representative says happily. For their part, the doctors reaffirm their support for the takeover of the establishment: "We believe in the rebirth of the Sainte-Marguerite clinic, and call for a collective surge to make it possible. Resuming activity is not only possible, it is essential to guarantee the continuity of care in our area." "Deeply attached to this emblematic establishment, our determination is to resume our missions alongside the other caregivers as soon as possible to be able to welcome back patients from Hyères and surrounding municipalities. Finally, we emphasize that the local population, as well as all healthcare professionals, would not understand the failure of this recovery process, even as a viable project supported with conviction by committed actors is on the table," declared Doctor Sonia Ben Amor, on behalf of the practitioners. Finally, Jean-Pierre Giran, mayor of Hyères, supported the employees through this ordeal with the backing of the prefect and the ARS.