80 Vamed Engineering employees in Vienna fear for their jobs

According to the news magazine Profil, the new Vamed owners have reported the affected employees to the AMS early warning system for termination. The number of employees is to be reduced from 112 to 32.

Vamed Rehabilitation Clinics Sold Last Year

The Austrian Vamed Group is currently being divided. While the international project business (Vamed Engineering) was sold to WWH in April and the Vamed rehabilitation clinics were sold to the French financial investor PAI Partners in autumn 2024, the hospital services business was integrated into the Vamed parent company Fresenius from Germany. The core business of Vamed is to be taken over by a consortium of the construction companies Strabag and Porr - however, the green light from the European competition authorities is still pending. The core business includes the thermal spas in Austria (including Therme Wien, Geinberg, St. Martins), the technical management of the General Hospital of Vienna (AKH Wien), and the Austrian Vamed project business.

Even when the international project business was still part of the Vamed Group, there were job cuts. According to media reports, 40 positions were cut in July 2024. Vamed Engineering is primarily active in Africa and Latin America, where it plans and builds healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, and maintains them. Originally, the company was to continue under the Vamed brand name even after the WWH acquisition. However, as Profil writes, the staff at the Vienna office have doubts whether this will still be possible after the now planned cuts.

(APA/Red)

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