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UAE homecare group Manzil expands to Qatar

TVM Capital-owned Manzil Home Health Services, which provides homecare services in the UAE and Egypt, has entered Qatar and eyes further expansion in Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Hoda Abou-Jamra, co-founder of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, explains why those markets are very different.
July 20, 2016

Raffles plans US$735m expansion

Singapore hospital operator Raffles Medical Group is to spend US$735m (S$1bn) in the next three years to expand its presence across Asia, especially in China.
July 20, 2016

Diaverum enters China

Renal care provider Diaverum is entering China through a JV with state-owned conglomerate Yueda. The group is planning to build a network, initially in a handful of provinces including Jiangsu and Guangdong citing huge demand and decent public reimbursement schemes. We speak to Mans Olsson, Head of Middle East and Asia.
July 19, 2016

FREE BLOG Shaking up long-term care in Europe

Long-term care in Europe is changing. Once flourishing, traditional nursing homes are now seen as outdated for increasingly independent and technology-savvy pensioners, who prefer more flexible (and cheaper) solutions.
July 15, 2016

UK telehealth group Tunstall no longer for sale

Private equity house Charterhouse Capital Partners is no longer selling UK telehealth group Tunstall, according to several sources familiar with the deal. The sale process was brought to a close despite multiple bids from different companies, including buyout firm Triton Partners.
July 13, 2016

Chinese telehealth app raises US$183m

Chinese telehealth app Chunyu Yisheng raises RMB 1.2bn (US$183m) in a pre-IPO round, as the group is reported to list via a reverse takeover with an unnamed company. The news comes one month after insurer Ping An’s Doctor app, a similar product, completed a Series A funding round of $500m.
July 6, 2016

Healthcare Europa June 2016

Please log in to see your June 2016 issue of Healthcare Europa. Our take on Brexit, an interview of Philippe Tapié, CEO of Maisons de Famille, a study on the future of PMI in Europe, two reports on the English NHS - and coverage of the 2016 eHealth week in Amsterdam.
July 5, 2016

Low-cost Indian ophthalmology chains expand

Two low-cost Indian ophthalmology chains are looking to expand. Based in central India, Eye-Q is opening five new facilities in the province of Maharashtra before going to Nigeria, while smaller group Dishtri aims to grow in the southern state of Karnataka.
July 4, 2016

Kubliakov plans ten thousand bed assisted-living network for Eastern Europe

France-based Senior Group, which has started several care homes and assisted living facilities in the Baltic states is to launch a 10,000-bed network across Eastern Europe. The first stage of this ambitious project already started in the three Baltic capitals, where 350 beds are expected to be operational by 2017. We speak to CEO Nicolai Kubliakov.
July 4, 2016