The long-standing authority of Brazil's medical council (CFM) is at risk as the country's largest insurer launches a telemedicine service despite a ban on remote diagnosis.
Egypt has launched its long-awaited universal insurance scheme, giving citizens the freedom to choose between public and private providers. Coverage is being phased in piecemeal. One GCC-based healthcare group has already committed to building two more hospitals in the country.
Brazil's biggest lab company Dasa has said it expects its genetic testing subsidiary to be worth more than its core routine testing business within ten years as it opens LATAM's "largest" sequencing facility.
The minority owners of Fortis' SRL are once again trying to exit the Indian lab market, as GCC's Aster DM look set to enter with the launch of a new lab business.
Listed EMEA hospital group Mediclinic International is building six additional day surgery clinics in South Africa as the move to outpatient care ramps up. We go through the major drivers of the trend, in South Africa and globally.
Investment firm Metro Pacific Investments Corp (MPIC) is reportedly preparing to sell a minority stake in its hospital business, the largest in the Philippines, in a deal that would value the company at $2bn or 15.8x 2019 expected EBITDA. HBI sources speculate that it could be the run-up to an IPO.
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