The Robert Schuman Hospital Group (HRS) has terminated its contract with the surgeon who is being investigated for allegedly carrying out unnecessary operations, broadcaster RTL reported on Wednesday.
Philippe Wilmes, previously a senior figure in the association representing doctors and dentists in Luxembourg, is an orthopaedic surgeon, who was suspended for alleged unnecessary operations. He denies all wrongdoing.
The contract was suspended with immediate effect. The hospital had already announced in February its intention to sever ties with the suspended knee surgeon.
“We formally deny all the allegations made by HRS,” Wilmes’ lawyer told the Luxemburger Wort on Wednesday. “We have asked HRS to send us the internal expertise they are referring to so that we can review it and comment on it. To date, we have not received this report.”
Wilmes had been working as an independent orthopaedic surgeon at the Kirchberg hospital since 2013. The management suspended him as a surgeon on 20 January 2026 – two days before Health Minister Martine Deprez decided to suspend him.
(This story was originally published in the Luxemburger Wort, translated using AI and edited by Kate Oglesby.)