Bernard Bensaid in police custody, employees say they are “relieved”

13:44 : A press conference is being held inside GHM. “We want guardianship, we want to be protected so that GHM can continue. Nothing can make GHM disappear”

13:20: The “MGM mourns” demonstration has ended.

12:47pm: Pierre André Juven, deputy for health mayor of Grenoble: “The public authorities, the city of Grenoble in the foreground, should not be confused with the establishment, whose role is known, and its president”.

12:32 p.m.: Nicolas Albin, president of the medical commission at UMG-GHM in Grenoble spoke of the relief.

12:26 p.m.: Thierry Carron from FO spoke up. When discussing police custody of Bernard Bensaid, the public started applauding.

12 noon: First pictures of the “GHM grieves” demonstration that started this afternoon.

This Monday, in Grenoble, employees of the Mutual Hospital Group had just started a protest action against the cash flow which they said endangered the financial situation of Isère’s establishment.

11:55: “We must act before it’s too late! “Reacting to the press release of the City of Grenoble.

“Mutualis Clinic is a source of pride for our region […] and essential public health services that cannot be underestimated. Faced with the behavior of large mutualist groups, nothing left of mutualists but names, and the threat of selling mutualist clinics without guaranteeing the continuity of public health services, we elected representatives in the field express our concern and concern. let’s support the mobilization of trade unions and collectives of users and residents since 2020″, specifically pointed out by Pierre-André Juven, deputy health officer of the municipality of Grenoble. Adding: “We will also, starting this January, once again challenge competent actors, ARS and Ministry of Health, to be vigilant about what is at stake. Today, we join the demand of unions to place mutualist clinics under trust to protect the structure from financial abuse. »

10:42 am: The board of directors, which was scheduled for Monday and in which a transfer of funds of 2.7 million euros from UMG GHM to the Avec group (formally through Doctocare, a mutual managed by Avec) is planned, has just been postponed, learns Le Dauphiné Libéré.

10:39am: “The treatment offer continues”, Nicolas Albin assures

Following the announcement of the police detention of Bernard Bensaïd, CEO of the Avec group, for trial on offenses of illegal interest taking and embezzlement of public funds, Nicolas Albin, president of the founding medical commission at UMG-GHM Grenoble , brought about “a form of relief (…) Police detention it protects us from new financial moves”.

10:35: Searches are underway at Bernard Bensaid’s house and at the Avec group headquarters, learn Dauphiné Libéré.

10:24: The Avec group reacted on Twitter, pointing out “Following a complaint against X filed by a trade union organization that has long opposed AVEC group’s takeover of UMG-GHM, Bernard Bensaid was heard this Monday by the Judicial Police in Grenoble. As the group has done since the initial investigation began , all the desired elements will be presented to the police authorities to show that the allegations against X are baseless and that they were part of a procedural fight against the Avec group.”

10 a.m: Police custody of Bernard Bensaid, “satisfaction” for Force Ouvrière at Grenoble GHM

Following the announcement of the police detention of Bernard Bensaid, CEO of the Avec group, for trial on offenses of illegal interest taking and embezzlement of public funds, Thierry Carron, FO secretary for GHM Grenoble, raised “satisfaction. we are awaiting an investigation, we wonder if it will be continues. We are very satisfied.”

08:55: the 61-year-old businessman had to be heard by police officers from the Grenoble judicial police service who are investigating suspicions of illegal interest taking in the context of the takeover, in 2020, of the Grenoble co-hospital group by the group. Group specializing in the management of real estate, hotels and socio-medical structures. Investigators are particularly interested in the loan granted in 2022 by GHM to Doctocare, which is co-managed by Avec, for a total amount of eight million euros.

“Bernard Bensaid will be brought back to Grenoble to stand trial for the offenses of taking illegal interests and embezzlement of public funds”, indicated this Monday morning the deputy prosecutor of Grenoble, François Touret de Coucy, in a press release confirming the question from the CEO of the Avec group.

Bernard Bensaid was arrested during a meeting of the Avec group’s executive committee, which was also attended by the group’s general delegate, former foreign minister for foreign territories, Yves Jégo. The meeting that preceded the management of the Mutualist Association for the Management of the Mutualist Group Hospital (UMG-GHM) was scheduled for 10.30 WIB and the agenda included deliberations on new loan of 2.7 million euros from UMG-GHM to Doctocare.

In addition, this Monday, in Grenoble, employees of the Reksa Hospital Group have planned midday action to protest treasury moves that, in their opinion, jeopardized the financial situation of the isérois establishment.