The new CEO of the Orpea network of elder care homes accused of negligence says he welcomes French government investigations, after a meeting with the minister in charge of elderly policy. The government will investigate the company's finances. It will also review all the nursing homes it runs around the country in the coming weeks.
Philippe Charrier and the director of the French arm of the company, Jean-Christophe Romersi, met Tuesday morning with Brigitte Bourguignon, the junior minister in charge of elderly policy, who had expressed her indignation about allegations of mistreatment in an investigative book published last week by journalist Victor Castanet.
