Turkey's largest hospital group by beds went public in Istanbul in February, but its share price has tumbled as the country's stock market index plummeted to its lowest dollar-value since 2008 this month. We ask chairman Muharrem Usta about MLP Care's business model, growth strategy, long-term prospects and rumours about upcoming co-pay reforms. [+]
Catering for those with learning disabilities is a growing market in the UK and Nordic region and there are clear signs of opportunities opening up across Europe. Here Marc gives an overview of the sector country by country. [+]
Healthcare Nova hears that the much-discussed legal framework around private-public-partnerships in Saudi Arabia could be delayed until after state oil giant ARAMCO has gone public. [+]
Healthcare Nova talks to Carsten Belanich of Columbia Pacific which has been building hospitals in Asia for a decade and has recently entered care homes and assisted living in a big way. With a focus on the latter we discuss business models, expansion, occupancy, synergies of an international network, long-term exit strategy and how to spot a gap in the market before anyone else. [+]
A pioneer of international expansion, UPMC, a big US academic medical centre, first expanded abroad to Italy where it has been managing PPPs for complex surgery and transplants for over two decades. Surgeon Dr. Gridelli has also been a leader in UPMC collaborations with the Asian American Medical Group in Singapore; Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar; KingMed Diagnostics in China; National Research Oncology Center in Kazakhstan; Xiangya International Medical Center, China and the Whitfield Cancer Centre in Ireland. [+]
