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Paras launches maternity chain

Paras Hospitals in Northern India plans to roll out a chain of specialist outpatient maternity centres. It is one of several hospital chains which are rapidly deploying specialist outpatient chains in a race to quickly reach new consumers.
May 5, 2016

China – a fabled land for elderly care?

We are hearing grunts of disillusionment with the Chinese elderly care market from European operators who have examined it seriously. They say there is no goldrush.
May 5, 2016

“Fast and furious growth” – A survey of private healthcare operators in Europe and Emerging Markets

Big for-profit healthcare operators expect to grow sales at over 10% annually for the next five years in Developed and Emerging Markets, but what do they see as their main challenges? A fascinating picture is revealed in a new survey of 81 mainly CEOs and CXOs in 37 countries of predominately large hospital chains, diagnostic lab and imaging players, commissioned by Siemens Healthineers (the new name for Siemens Healthcare) from Healthcare Business International. The quantitive survey was followed up with depth interviews with a dozen respondents.
May 4, 2016

Babylon claims new AI service is more accurate than doctors

It is confirmed: Babylon, a healthcare app allowing patients to consult a doctor on their phones, is launching in Rwanda in June. Prem Sharma, head of product, also introduced a new service that will offer a complete virtual GP experience thanks to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) triage system, at the Healthcare Business International 2016 conference's most popular session.
May 4, 2016

Saudi’s five-year PPP plan

Plans to implement mandatory health insurance and expand capacity with new PPP contracts were laid out by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Omar, former Deputy Minister at the Saudi Ministry of Health, at our 2016 Breaking Barriers conference.
May 3, 2016

The cost of getting culture wrong in long-term care

Cultural issues are at the forefront of the difficulties in running and investing into long-term care in emerging markets. At the Healthcare Business International 2016 conference, the CEOs of Senior Assist, Belgium’s third largest care home operator and a player in Latin America and Turkey, and TVM Capital, a private equity firm investing in rehabilitation in the Middle East, shared their views on the sector.
May 3, 2016

Thyrocare to IPO

India’s fourth largest lab group, Thyrocare, will list in Mumbai on April 27. It hopes to raise INR 480 crore (US$ 72.2m) with shares priced at 420-446 rupees. Mauritian private equity group CX Partners will sell 90% of its holding and the rest is from the firm’s promoters.
April 22, 2016

FREE BLOG Chinese hospitals look abroad for expertise

As Luye Medical Group, part of the $2.5bn Hong Kong-listed pharma giant Luye Pharma, spends $700m on Australia’s third largest hospital operator to help ‘designing and managing Chinese hospitals’, it is clear that the Chinese healthcare industry is looking to Westernise. But the country is still a difficult market to enter.
April 21, 2016

Chinese operator spends $700m in Australia

Healthe Care, Australia’s third largest hospital operator, sold to Chinese provider Luye Medical Group for $700m (A$938m). Luye aims to import Healthe Care’s management expertise to China and is planning a $234m (A$300m) hospital expansion plan in Australia.
April 21, 2016
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