The operation of a medical practice and all activities in the field of health and other related services; the company may also engage in any other activity that has a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it; the company may also grant loans or any other form of financing, as well as provide guarantees of any kind, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group, its associates, relatives or third parties.