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NMC shares drop yet again after key shareholders sell

Two of the largest shareholders in under-fire UAE-based NMC Healthcare have sold a stake in the beleaguered FTSE 100 company, shares in which plummeted 18% overnight at the announcement between close of trading Tuesday, January 7 and opening on Wednesday, January 8.

Aster DM acquires UAE homecare start-up

Hospital and outpatient provider Aster DM, present in India and six GCC countries, has acquired a medicalised homecare start-up in the UAE. We get insight into this market from CEO of GCC provider Manzil Healthcare.

Manzil plans 2020 expansion in Middle East and South East Asia

UAE-based medicalised homecare provider Manzil plans further expansion this year in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Singapore - its South East Asian (SEA) springboard from which it hopes to gain a presence in the wider region. We interview CEO Dr Sarper Tanli on business strategy.

Fresenius Helios expands further in LATAM

Spain's largest private hospital group Quironsalud, part of Fresenius Helios, has signed an agreement to acquire a substantial private hospital in Colombia as part of its continuing investment in the country. 

Debts stacking up for NHI schemes

Nearly three years after the CEO of Ghana's National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) declared it "almost bankrupt", its President claims that his party has cleared the GHS1.2bn ($200m) debt. The country isn't alone in having stacked up debt: HBI looks at the arrears of NHI schemes across emerging markets.

Interview: Rajesh Rao, CEO, IndusHealth

US healthcare is so prohibitively expensive that not only are employers paying for employees to have surgery abroad and covering all costs - they are paying the employees thousands of dollars as an incentive to go too! HBI speaks to the CEO of a company trying to grow the US employer-funded medical travel segment, who sees opportunities for providers in Europe and Latin America.

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