The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, particularly in the field of hospital care and surgery and other related services, such as the exercise of management and support functions for these companies and their financing. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish such companies, acquire, exploit and dispose of industrial property rights, know-how and real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.