CHICAGO, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Siemens Healthineers (SHLG.DE) on Monday introduced an settlement to promote greater than $140 million {dollars} of medical gear to U.S. healthcare supplier Atrium Health over the following 10 years in an effort to extend entry to care in underserved communities.

The settlement with Atrium, which is concentrated within the U.S. Southeast, marks the fifteenth long-term partnership that the German firm has entered with a U.S. buyer.

“It is a method to equip Atrium step by step with the right fleet of technology,” Siemens Healthineers Chief Executive Bernd Montag informed Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of a radiology convention in Chicago.

“It’s about educating surgeons and showing them new techniques, and rolling out the technologies across the Atrium system and look at how you can operate more efficiently.”

The information comes after Siemens Healthineers informed shareholders at its fiscal year-end assembly that it’s going to restructure its diagnostic division to avoid wasting round 300 million euros ($302 million) every year beginning in 2025.

Montag confirmed that there might be layoffs consequently however declined to touch upon what number of workers might be impacted by job cuts.

Editing by Caroline Stauffer and Bill Berkrot

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