(Boursier.com) — Korian remains under pressure on the stock market this weekend. In copious volumes, the title of the operator of retirement homes plunges 16.8% to 17.57 euros. After the recent publication of the book-investigation ‘Les Fossoyeurs’ revealing serious dysfunctions in the sector, the announcement of an ongoing investigation by the France 2 magazine “Cash Investigation” into practices within private nursing homes has added oil on the fire. Elise Lucet, who presents the show, notably promised “new revelations” on her Twitter account.
The team of #cashinvestigation focuses on the investigation underway for + a year on private nursing homes. After the #gravediggersexpect new revelations about #France 2 . The investigation into #macdo deprogrammed for this reason, will be here soon. https://t.co/0PuEWeYfNq—Elise Lucet (@EliseLucet), through Twitter
Reacting to this information, the group confirms having received a request for an interview from its Managing Director by Elise Lucet and is making public the email sent today to the chief editor of ‘Cash Investigation’. The company recalls “beforehand, that the communication management teams have been discussing with you for more than nine months now without ever finding common ground on the practical terms of an interview… You will agree that the fact that one of your journalists entered one of our establishments pretending to be the relative of a deceased resident, in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, in defiance of the rules of journalistic ethics – applied by the all of your colleagues – and health protection does not plead to install a climate of trust between us”.
“Sophie Boissard has always been keen to maintain dialogue and transparency, whether with our residents, our families, all our stakeholders, but also the press, whose independence we strictly respect and with whom we work on a daily basis. The doors of Korian houses are open to all requests for reports, in compliance with basic health rules, which in particular implies notifying the teams in advance. February live at the microphone of your colleague Marc Fauvelle on France Info, even though the Korian group is not targeted by the accusations of the book ‘Les Fossoyeurs’ by Victor Castanet. Sophie Boissard has always been keen to defend the sector and the honor of Korian employees who do not deserve such opprobrium. She is therefore ready to respond to your request provided that it is a fair discussion, without his words being betrayed, edited and therefore distorted…” To be continued.
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