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out. They mainly result from handling the transaction with
Fresenius/Helios, the initial consolidation and integration of the
municipal hospital in Bad Neustadt, special budgets for innovation and
e-health, unresolved accounting issues and setting up a substantial
out-patient clinic at the university hospital in Marburg. We assume that
regulatory restrictions will also have a negative impact on our organic
growth in 2016. Against this background we must expect a drop in revenues
of roughly 1 % for the current financial year.

"With an extensive number of initiatives and measures we are pressing ahead
with the digitalisation process in our Company and are also investing in
targeted innovation in order to provide our patients with the best possible
medical care together with a direct link to university standards, also with
an eye to the future," Dr. Martin Siebert stated. The pioneering role in
both areas is also a precondition for pressing ahead with the campus
concept. "We are now placing greater emphasis on the link between
in-patient and out-patient medical care including other areas, such as
rehabilitation, in order to ensure long-term, first-class medical care for
our patients who are particularly in rural areas. We shall also continue to
strengthen and develop this unique position which we have in the market,"
Siebert continued.

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RHÖN‐KLINIKUM AG is one of the largest healthcare providers in Germany. At
five medical sites with a total of 5,400 beds we offer cutting-edge medical
care with a direct link to universities and research institutes. Our top
five key areas of treatment are cardiological and coronary disease,
neurological disorders, oncology, lung diseases as well as orthopedic and
accident surgery. A total of over 16,000 employees work for RHÖN-KLINIKUM
AG. Our facilities are located in Bad Berka, Bad Neustadt/Saale, Frankfurt
(Oder) and Giessen and Marburg.

Further information is available at: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com

Your Contact Persons:

RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG

Achim Struchholz
Head of Corporate Communication
Schlossplatz 1
97616 Bad Neustadt / Saale
T. + 49 - 9771 65-1327
F. + 49 - 9771 65-1820
[e-mail]

Dr. Kai G. Klinger
Head of Investor Relations & Group Financing
Schlossplatz 1
97616 Bad Neustadt / Saale
T. + 49 - 9771 65-1318
F. + 49 - 9771 99-1736
[e-mail]


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Language: English
Company: RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
Salzburger Leite 1
97616 Bad Neustadt a.d.Saale
Germany
Phone: [phone] - 65-0
Fax: [phone] - 97 467
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com
ISIN: DE0007042301
WKN: 704230
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Munich;
Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg,
Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX


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