Jan 26 (Reuters) – Orpea ORP.PA announced on Wednesday the creation of an independent mission to assess the accusations made against it in a book on alleged abuse in its retirement homes in France.
“The board of directors, in agreement with the general management, announces that it has decided to immediately mandate two recognized firms to entrust them with an independent assessment mission on all the allegations reported in this book”, says Orpea, claiming to treat “with the utmost seriousness” the accusations against him.
Orpea repeats “that at no time did the group’s management put in place any system to orchestrate the practices for which it is accused”.
(Editors from Gdansk and Paris)