French care home operator Orpea on Monday rejected allegations of resident mistreatment in a forthcoming book after extracts published in newspaper Le Monde sent its shares tumbling.
The article included extracts from "Les Fossoyeurs" (The Gravediggers), a 388-page book by journalist Victor Castanet that alleges poor treatment of the group's elderly residents at a site outside Paris.
"We formally reject all of these accusations, which we consider to be false, outrageous and prejudicial," the company said in a statement.
