Supreme Court dismissed appeal; indefinite contract termination valid despite new competitor hiring.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by a physician against a hospital's termination of his indefinite-term employment contract. The lower courts had initially found the dismissal invalid due to lack of cause, but the Supreme Court clarified that Article 44a of the Healthcare Facilities Act does not automatically convert existing indefinite contracts into fixed-term ones. Consequently, the court upheld the dismissal as legally sound, noting that the plaintiff's reinstatement claim was unreasonable given the hospital's legitimate interest in maintaining operational efficiency with a newly hired successor.