Swedish healthcare operator Capio has added a hospital and radiology unit to its network in Denmark. Healthcare Europa speaks to Capio, an analyst covering them and a local contact in the country.
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Indonesian group signs $1bn deal to build hospitals in China
Indonesia's fifth largest conglomerate has signed a deal with a Chinese state-owned investment group to spend $1bn building healthcare facilities in China.
October 12, 2017
Saudi group enters PPP to manage medical centre in Russia
Saudi-based healthcare management organisation Interhealth Saudi Arabia entered into a private-public partnership to operate a 350-bed paediatric rehabilitation centre in Kazan. Healthcare Europa speaks to a source close to the company.
October 11, 2017
Interview: Dr Asaad Riad, Egypt In-Touch Assistance
Foreign investors are looking eagerly at Egypt ahead of government reforms which will allow private providers to treat publicly funded patients. Healthcare Nova speaks to Dr Asaad Riad, general manager for Egyptian medical travel assistance and insurance company Egypt In-Touch Assistance.
October 10, 2017
Yemeni investors plan $1.2bn medical city with teaching hospital in Egypt
A Yemeni investment group is to build a $1.2bn medical city, including a 1,200-bed teaching hospital, in Egypt.
October 9, 2017
Ribera Salud buys stake in Slovakia’s largest diagnostics group
Spanish hospital management company Ribera Salud has taken a 34% stake in Slovakian diagnostics chain Pro Diagnostic Group, with a view to increasing their share in the coming months.
October 5, 2017
Could one ambulatory surgery centre meet the needs of 1.5 million people?
A proposal to merge all ambulatory surgery care in Zurich into one location has provoked debate. We ask our contacts there what the thinking behind it is and whether it could work.
October 4, 2017
Capio buys Norwegian ophthalmology chain
Listed Swedish healthcare provider Capio has bought its third ophthalmology operator in a year, acquiring Norwegian company Orbita. We speak to Capio about the deal and look at how private hospitals are moving from inpatient to outpatient.
October 2, 2017
Advent sells its shares in Fleury
Private equity firm Advent International has sold all of its shares in Fleury S.A, the second-largest diagnostic laboratory group in Brasil, pocketing 1.3 billion real ($408m).
September 28, 2017
NMC Health goes on spending spree in Saudi Arabia
UAE-based NMC Health is expanding in Saudi Arabia with two hospital acquisitions and two recently-approved greenfield developments. We speak to the company about these acquisitions and future expansion plans.
September 28, 2017
Almaviva sante reportedly enters contract with PE firm to be acquired by it
Healthcare Europa has learnt from a reliable source that Antin, an infrastructure private equity firm, has entered into an exclusive contract with Almaviva Sante to acquire the French hospital group.
September 27, 2017
MK-Kliniken offloads bulk of business to French PE firm
German nursing home operator MK-Kliniken has sold two-thirds of its nursing home operations to French private equity firm Chequers Capital for a reported €300m. Our source in Germany says now is an opportune time to sell.
