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Horizon exits Dobrobut two years in with Boris merger done

Horizon Capital has sold its minority stake in Ukrainian clinic network Dobrobut to management and co-investor Concorde Capital, just two years after investing. Dobrobut's merger with hospital Boris Clinic, which was ongoing when Horizon invested, is now complete. 

CVC buys Greek insurer

CVC Capital Partners is acquiring a 90% stake in Greece-based Ethniki Insurance from National Bank of Greece (NBG) in a deal that values the business at €505m.

NHS will ‘not have the capital’ for 100 new imaging centres

NHS England will not have the capital to fund the 100-plus new outpatient imaging centres needed to meet demand in the coming years, says the CEO of Imaging Holdings, a top-five for-profit imaging operator. The group is launching four new mobile imaging units after securing a growth funding facility from its PE backer Apposite Capital. 

French general home service group shifting to healthcare

Domiciliary care is set to go from 30% to 50% of revenues for France's largest home services group Oui Care, as demand for child care declines and people opt against going into care homes, CEO Guillaume Richard tells HBI.

Gulf Capital takes re-branded IVI into India

Gulf Capital is taking its Middle East-based IVF platform, acquired from global player IVIRMA last year and now re-branded as ART, into India with the rollout of 18 IVF clinics nationwide. 

EQT buys Partners’ stake in Cerba

EQT has agreed to buy Partners Group's stake in French lab group Cerba for a ball-park enterprise value of €4.5bn, making it a 12x multiple on the group's 2020 EBITDA.

Russia debates ban on spending public funds on capex

Russia has put forward draft proposals that forbid private providers from spending compulsory insurance funds on capital expenditure, the acquisition of property and the repayment of loans. Operators say it will likely halt all investment in the sector.

Rethinking large hospital business models

The traditional hospital inpatient business model is being challenged, and large hospital groups in particular are having to rethink their approach. At a digital event hosted in association with Abbott Medical, HBI caught up with three leaders heavily entrenched in large hospital organisations, Dr Ian Abbs, CEO and CMO at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London, Dr Ronnie van der Merwe, group CEO at South Africa-based Mediclinic International, and  Henrik Schødts, deputy CEO and CIO, Nordsjællands Hospital, to find out more.

Max Healthcare raises $165m

India's second-largest for-profit hospital chain Max Healthcare has raised 1,200 crore ($160m) in a Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP), almost the exact same amount as Apollo Hospitals did in January.

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