Pihlajalinna Plc Press Release 30 November 2016 at 13.00
Pihlajalinna to acquire recruitment company MediApu
Pihlajalinna Health Ltd, a subsidiary of Pihlajalinna Plc, will purchase the entire share capital of MediApu Ltd from its current owners. MediApu is an Oulu-based medical recruitment service that provides municipal work opportunities for physicians. The transaction will be completed on 30 November 2016. MediApu will continue its operations as an independent company.
The transaction will strengthen Pihlajalinna's physician recruitment function and support its outsourcing ventures in health and social services. MediApu's customers include many municipalities and joint municipal authorities. MediApu helps its municipal customers to save money by replacing expensive agency-hired physicians with highly committed, permanent personnel. The service also frees chief physicians from the task of recruiting new workforce. In each recruitment case facilitated by MediApu, the municipality is the employer and pays the physician's salary. The company currently offers more than 110 municipal employment opportunities across Finland.
For further information, please contact:
Joni Aaltonen, Head of Mergers and Aqcuisitions, Pihlajalinna Plc, +358 40 5247270, joni.aaltonen@pihlajalinna.fi
Siri Markula, Head of Communications and IR, Pihlajalinna Plc, +358 40 7432177, siri.markula@pihlajalinna.fi
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Pihlajalinna in brief
Pihlajalinna is one of the leading private social and healthcare services providers in Finland. The Company provides social and healthcare services for households, companies, insurance companies and public sector entities in private clinics, health centres, dental clinics and hospitals around Finland. Pihlajalinna provides general practitioner and specialised care services, including emergency and on-call services, a wide range of surgical services, occupational healthcare and dental care services, in private clinics and hospitals operating under the Dextra brand. Under the Pihlajalinna brand the Company, in cooperation with the public sector, offers social and healthcare service provision models to public sector entities with the aim of providing high quality services for public pay healthcare customers.