Negotiations are “still underway,” according to Gloden, and “no agreement” has been reached between the private medical centre in Potaschberg/Grevenmacher and the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), only “the intention to discuss.”
The Mayor of Grevenmacher further stated that the talks are solely focused on a possible “cooperation” in which both the CHL and the Potaschberg Medical Centre (CMP) would maintain their independence. According to Gloden, there is no question of the CHL “taking over” the CMP.
Minister of Health Paulette Lenert’s communication in the matter, according to the CSV MP, was “catastrophic”. When doctors at the CMP heard the Minister say on RTL Télé that an agreement had been reached and that the CHL would take over the Grevenmacher medical centre, they were “surprised and upset,” according to Gloden. He also accused Lenert of breaching the “confidentiality” of the negotiations.
Gloden rejects the argument that there is no legal basis for a privately operated MRI machine, arguing that the Minister is “misinterpreting” the legal situation.
The Mayor of Grevenmacher also claimed that he is aware of two CMP patients whose MRI fees have been reimbursed by the National Health Fund (CNS). Gloden argues that by doing so, the CNS has established a fait accompli from which “it can no longer escape”. The CNS had previously said that it would not reimburse MRI scans performed at the CMP.
The CSV politician stressed that the CMP is “well-managed” and “far more than just an MRI centre.” Gloden added that he himself was recently a patient at the centre because he also needed an MRI scan, and he can only say that everything is “very professional”.
According to Gloden, the radiology centre performs 12 to 15 MRI scans per day, and results are shared “instantly” with patients. The centre, the MP concluded, is “an important step toward decentralised medical care.”
