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Mubadala Health diversifies with $800m UEMedical deal

Mubadala Health, the integrated health network of sovereign investor Mubadala, has added speciality fertility and women's health services to its network and expanded into Saudi with the acquisition of UEMedical. It now claims to be the largest IVF provider in the region.

Lack of infrastructure hampers integrated digital care

Progress made on the digital and data front continues to raise hopes of truly integrated healthcare, but that promise relies on infrastructure which can support it. At digital healthcare conference HIMSS21, a panel of European experts warned that in countries like Spain and the UK, infrastructure issues are the biggest impediment to progress.

Malaysian private hospitals struggling to procure vaccines

For-profit hospitals in Malaysia looking to provide a private Covid vaccination service are struggling to source vaccines. HBI talks to Dr Datuk Kuljit Singh, medical director at Prince Court Medical Centre and president of the Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM), to find out more.

Public health services in Helsinki outsourced to Mehiläinen

Finnish outpatient and occupational healthcare specialist Mehiläinen has been chosen as a provider of public primary health services in Helsinki. This is the first time that public care outsourcing has happened in the capital, Markku Näreneva, Mehiläinen's Director of Public Health Services tells HBI.

Investors looking south of the border as NI homecare struggles

Low pay rates for homecare workers in Northern Ireland are under fire, and a campaign to end short 15-minute visits for older people and fee rates of £15 an hour is gathering momentum. South of the border the Republic is proving far more attractive to investors. HBI talks to Mairead Mackle, CEO of the biggest independent Irish homecare provider Homecare Independent Living (HCIL), to find out more.

Billions set to be written off as creditors take charge of NMC

NMC's creditors are now in the driving seat, after a take-it-or-leave it ultimatum from joint administrators Alvarez and Marsal left them with little option other than to accept a financial restructuring plan which wipes out billions of dollars owed to them, in return for ownership of the business.

How much of Europe’s homecare is ‘grey’?

This week HBI breaks down data from several sources and illustrates the share of informal homecare in European Countries and the UK. It makes clear just how much care at home is being illegally delivered.

Life Healthcare entering South African imaging market

South African hospital and European imaging group Life Healthcare is planning to enter the imaging market on home turf, with up to 3bn Rand (€180m) earmarked for buying out radiology practices in its hospitals, its head of Investor Relations (IR) tells HBI.

Market welcomes strong Q4 for Max, despite Covid-related revenue drop in FY21

The market welcomed a strong Q4 performance from India's second-largest for-profit hospital chain by revenue, Max Healthcare, last week. Record-breaking Q4 EBITDA appears to have offset any potential market concerns that could have arisen from reporting a drop in revenue, and a resurgence of COVID, especially around the capital.

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