The IJsselmeer hospital in Lelystad will be declared officially bankrupt unless a bank or insurance company can be found to take it over by November 7, according to an official report into the hospital’s difficulties.

The hospital, which was already in financial difficulties, hit the headlines in September when it emerged that operations were being carried out in non-sterile conditions.
Six approaches to take over the hospital have already been made, including private companies and other hospitals, said advisor Leon Lodewijk, who wrote the report, in Wednesday’s Volkskrant.