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Exuberant international expansion

Operators in Emerging Markets are increasingly moving into other countries, often nations halfway around the world. There is a big IPO pipeline to fund all this growth. And investors like TVM Capital and Abraaj are planning massive greenfield site developments.

Lux Med buys diagnostics specialist Euro-Clinic

Bupa-owned Polish provider and insurer Lux Med buys Euro-Clinic. Based in Krakow, Euro-Clinic’s diagnostic laboratories will allow Lux Med to further integrate its service offering.

Rwanda to become medical tourism hub

Twenty years after the genocide that killed 800,000, Rwanda has managed to create a multi-tiered efficient healthcare system, building capacity from the inside. With 95% over the population covered through universal health insurance and an established network of operators, Rwanda now wants to attract more foreign investors –and medical tourists.

South African low-cost medical scheme founders

Plans for a low cost medical scheme for the 15m South Africans outside of the wealthiest 20% have foundered, thanks to resistance from doctors. A government White Paper which would improve access to primary care for poor South Africans through public providers is imminent.

FREE BLOG Post-Gawande Healthcare

The writer, surgeon and Harvard professor Dr Atul Gawande is one of the most refreshing and eloquent voices in the medical community, but it wasn’t until last week that I realized the full impact he has had on this industry. At the Driving Innovation in Healthcare Delivery conference at the London Business School, his disciples were everywhere, preaching the gospel according to Gawande.

Georgia Healthcare Group in ambitious IPO

Georgia Healthcare Group, which runs 41 hospitals in Georgia, plans to IPO in London for a market capitalisation of €361m to €487m. That would value historic EBITDA for the 2014 financial year at an astonishing 25-34 times and forward EBITDA for 2015 at 19-25 times, according to our own estimates.

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