An early vaccination scandal had shaken up the HRS directors’ board in 2021. Christophe Lemaire/Maison Moderne

An early vaccination scandal had shaken up the HRS directors’ board in 2021. Christophe Lemaire/Maison Moderne

Dr Marc Berna, current director of the visceral-oncology division, will take over the position of director general of the Robert Schuman hospitals (HRS), the group announced on 8 February.

The hospital group’s management structure in 2021 had been shaken up by a scandal involving the board of directors. Sandra Thein, who served as the HRS’ administrative and financial director at the time of the group after the departure of Claude Schummer.

Schummer had been involved in an “Impfdrängler” (“vaccine pusher”) scandal. Some members of the board had received their covid-19 shot ahead of the actual schedule at the beginning of the vaccination campaign.

Though the HRS denied granting any privileges, the revelation generated debates i. Schummer, as well as the HRS’s foundation president Jean-Louis Schiltz and vice-president Michel Wurth

Berna will take over the position of director general , while Thein will continue to perform the function of administrative and financial director.