The Servei Català de la Salut claims 526 million in compensation from two grownup diaper manufacturing corporations that inflated costs between 1996 and 2014. These are the German multinational Hartmann and the Swedish Essity. Adult diapers are financed by the autonomous communities by medical prescription.
The two corporations have been sentenced in 2019 by the Supreme Court for forming a cartel along with the Spanish Federation of Health Technology Companies (FENIN) and 6 different producers, who agreed to lift the worth of diapers for non-hospitalized adults by 50%. The eight producers, 4 managers and FENIN have been sanctioned with a high quality of 128 million. In addition to this sanction, CatSalut now calls for 526 million extra for damages and prejudices, in line with ‘La Vanguardia’.
“We calculate that producers owe a complete of 526 million to Catalan well being,” defined Albert Poch, a lawyer for CatSalut in statements to this medium. According to the lawyer, 320 million would correspond to the additional value utilized and the remainder to updating these costs primarily based on the inflation that occurred all through these years, 18 in complete.
Demand admitted for processing by a Barcelona courtroom
The lawsuit has been admitted for processing by the industrial courtroom quantity 12 of Barcelona, though it foresees that the sentence won’t arrive for one more yr and a half, roughly.
CatSalut has solely sued two of the eight corporations concerned for a matter of procedural technique, in line with the legal professionals, since they have been the primary two corporations condemned by the Supreme Court.
With this lawsuit it’s the first time {that a} Spanish Administration claims compensation because of a sanction imposed by the courts. If a good ruling is achieved, it could encourage them to say different regional administrations affected by the rise in costs of diapers for adults, that are financed by these organizations.