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Domidep expands in Germany

Domidep, one of the top 10 for-profit care home operators in France by revenue, has expanded in the German market which it entered last year. It has acquired Römergarten Senioren-Residenzen GmbH (Römergarten) which comprises eight care homes providing a total of 660 beds.
September 16, 2021

High profile resignations put Irish healthcare reform ‘in the balance’

Laura Magahy, executive director of the office charged with brining in Sláintecare - the blueprint for the future of healthcare in Ireland - resigned last week. So too did the chairman, Tom Keane. The Irish government has re-affirmed its commitment to the reforms which could have a significant effect on the way for-profit businesses operate in the country, but others say the process is “in the balance.” HBI talks to a local consultant to find out more.
September 16, 2021

Portugal’s PPP experiment all but dead

Politics has finally ended Portugal's public-private partnership (PPP) hospital experiment. Just one operator, Ribera Salud, bid for the renewal of the final contract rendering the competition process invalid. By the end of the year, all four of the once-privately managed hospitals will likely return to the public sphere.
September 16, 2021

How Affidea is driving 10% MRI scan growth

European imaging provider Affidea sees 10% volume growth on MRI scans where it has deployed a programme to track how and when machines are used with proprietary software. Senior VP regional COO Zisis Sotiriou talks to HBI about how it has optimised clinical protocols, identified efficiency savings and gained an extra €2m revenue a year.
September 16, 2021

Ramsay Sime Darby launches food banks

Two of Ramsay Sime Darby Malaysian hospitals have launched a food bank to support low income residents affected by the pandemic in the Klang Valley region.
September 16, 2021

Amanat Holdings experiments with real estate investment

GCC healthcare and education investment group Amanat Holdings has bought the property of one of its portfolio companies, Dubai-based rehab clinic Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Centre (CMRC), for 46m AED ($12.5m). We talk to the company and ask why.
September 16, 2021

The new group building a hospital for millennials

Portugal has a new private hospital company which is building specialised acute care framed around the consumer behaviour of millennials. Why does the sector need a new player? Because the traditional operators have more difficulty in deploying good digital transformation, the project's CEO tells HBI.
September 15, 2021

Dutch lab consolidation to resume after COVID blip

The consolidation of The Netherlands' non-profit outpatient diagnostics sector by for-profit groups is expected to pick up in the coming months after a delay due to Covid, a partner at Deloitte tells HBI.
September 10, 2021

Market conditions right for Unilabs to sell

HBI hears rumour that pan-European laboratory and imaging group Unilabs could sell soon. We explore how its private equity owner Apax could make a much-anticipated exit. 
September 9, 2021
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