The biggest private dental group in Singapore is on the lookout for more acquisitions and partnerships in 2018. Healthcare Nova speaks to CFO Vitters Sim to find out more about its plans.
We hear from our contacts in the Nigerian capital that the arrival of mandatory health insurance, potentially this year, will have a huge impact on the private healthcare market.
An African temporary medical staff agency, international telepathology for diagnosing cancer and a cloud-based HR service are among the new projects from Corvus Health, the new for-profit business launched by Dr Kate Tulenko, an American with 15 years experience in health care services in emerging markets. She is a speaker at HBI 2018, April 10-11, 2018 in London. We explore the projects.
Here is our New Year list of stupid things in health care services. It comes with a stupidity index where 10 is very stupid and an Easy to Fix index where 1 is very easy and 10 is all but impossible. Please give us your comments (in confidence!) and let us know of any additions you may have. Just email [email protected].
South-African based Life Healthcare is reported to be selling its 49.7% stake in Indian hospital chain Max Healthcare, with Radiant Life Care, a Mumbai-based group specialising in acquiring, redeveloping and operating healthcare facilities, the prospective buyer.
Rumours that Mediclinic, the listed South African, Middle Eastern and European hospital giant might be set to divest itself of its European assets and de-list appear to be nothing more than idle speculation.
We hear from a healthcare consultant in the US that President Trump's much-publicised tax cuts could cause more Americans to seek cheaper treatment abroad.
We talk to analysts about what 2018 has in store for the Thai private hospital market, which is worth around US$5bn. One thinks M&A will pick up domestically, while another thinks the big story will be groups expanding abroad. As for medical tourism, it's set to rise in volume, but fall in value.
Healthcare Nova hears that a 160-bed hospital in Lagos, being developed by UAE-based private equity firm Abraaj in partnership with a local operator, is set to open in 2018.
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