Montreal Statcare clinic facing uncertain future after owner seeks creditor protection – Montreal [Video]

One week after a major Quebec health-care provider was granted creditor protection, Global News has learned the clinic’s future is on the line.

Community members in Montreal’s West Island says if the Statcare clinic shuts down, the consequences could be dire.

The longstanding clinic’s owner, ELNA medical group, was granted creditor protection by a Quebec Superior Court last week and says the clinic is under review.

“There’s some scenarios that are contemplated. The first one is that the clinic could be transferred to the doctors that actually work there,” said Benoit Fontaine, an ELNA medical group insolvency trustee.

“The other scenario is that the doctors and their patients would be transferred to another closely-related ELNA clinic.”

Fontaine says it’s also possible that the clinic could be sold to a separate entity entirely. ELNA medical group received court approval last week to solicit interest in a potential sale.

It owes more than $100 million to creditors, and Fontaine says that Statcare and two other clinics …