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Orpea advances in Latin America

Orpea, Europe's second-largest nursing home operator by revenue, has made big strides in Latin America, with acquisitions in Chile, Brazil and Uruguay in 2018. We speak to a market expert about its expansion, with a focus on Brazil, and its full-year results published this week.

Saudi Ministry of Health seeks more dialysis providers

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health is looking for more international operators to provide dialysis services across the Kingdom, despite having recently renewed contracts with Diaverum and DaVita. Local sources tell HBI that the Ministry wants international operators to help fill the supply gap in the Kingdom. The number of patients needing dialysis is expected to […]

Profit and revenue up at IDH despite challenging environment

LSE-listed Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH) has released its full-year results showing substantial growth in profits, revenue and EBITDA. The lab group, which was brought to IPO by CEO Hend el Sherbini in 2015 and is present in Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Nigeria, has added an additional 40 branches to its network in the last year, […]

Kenya’s NHIF accredits thousands of for-profit beds but UHC still some way off

Kenya's National Health Insurance Fund has released a list of all accredited inpatient hospitals, 20-25% of which are for-profits, as it goes through a series of reforms to achieve the holy grail of Universal Health Coverage. But the former chairman of one of the country's largest hospital groups tells us the full achievement of the […]

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