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In January, Ahus and LHL Hospital signed a letter of intent, which could mean that Ahus would take over parts of the operations of the crisis-affected LHL Hospital.
According to EUB, Ahus’s board said yes to this at a meeting on Wednesday this week.
In practice, this means that Ahus will take over LHL activity in cardiac surgery, stenting, and blockage.
– If this becomes relevant to us, it is on the cards that we will also take on employees, but it is too early to say exactly how many will be offered a job with us in that case, Ahus director Øystein Mæland told Romerikes Blad in January.
Health South-East must approve
As far as EUB knows, Ahus will now hire all employees and rent premises to LHL, but this has not been confirmed.
– The board has approved the conclusion of an agreement with the National Association of Heart and Lung Diseases to take over invasive cardiology activities at LHL Hospital in Gardermoen and an agreement to lease space from the National Association of Heart and Lung Diseases to elective surgical activities and diagnostics under their own auspices. , Geir Boye Lindhjem, Ahus press manager, briefs EUB on Friday.
– The agreements on the business transfer of the heart business and the lease of areas at LHL Hospital Gardermoen are now sent to Helse Sør-Øst for approval. Until the Health South-East board has reviewed the agreements, we will not delve into the content of the agreement, Sir Lindhjem continues.
If Health South-East also says yes, Ahus will be able to care for thousands of patients, while solving their own capacity challenges.
The LHL hospital treats about 5,000 cardiac patients annually on behalf of the public sector and has 55 man-years associated with cardiac treatment.
In economic crisis
In January, LHL Secretary General Frode Jahren stated that it was difficult to abandon cardiac treatment.
– This was not what we dreamed of when we built the new hospital. But the public sector has been given a new purchasing regime to deal with, which has made it very difficult for them to buy capacity from private providers like us. We are therefore pleased that Ahus is now investigating the possibility of continuing cardiac activity at the LHL hospital facility in Jessheim, in one of the newest and most modern hospital buildings in the country, she told Romerikes Blad.
The hospital investment in Jessheim never went as planned and much of the supply has already disappeared due to the financial crisis:
