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FREE BLOG Africa wants India to stop poaching patients

At the Africa Healthcare Summit in London last week, representatives from the continent discussed issues facing sub-Saharan Africa ­– that all healthcare stakeholders need to work together to provide quality care, that infrastructure needs improving and that Indian groups like Apollo and Fortis cannot continue poaching patients from central Africa.

Diagnostics set to rocket in Africa

The lab and imaging services are set to soar across Africa, according to delegates and speakers at Africa Healthcare Summit 2015. New chains are growing fast in most countries, sometimes backed by major medtech players. And there is a huge international trade in esoteric tests. Meanwhile GE Healthcare has all but doubled sales in three years. We look at who is who and where.

Labco CEO denies Biomnis rumours, confims IPO

Philippe Charrier, CEO of Labco says the group is not interested in buying reference lab Biomnis before Labco floats. He says the long-awaited Labco IPO, slated for May 2015, should happen "before the summer."

Interview: David Batchelor, Executive Director, Specialist Markets, CBRE

In the last six months there has been a transformation in investors in healthcare property in the UK and Europe. David looks at a new breed of player who is emerging and at how investors are now looking at southern Europe. Advisor CBRE has been very active in the European property sector, representing Waterland and RHM in their sale and leaseback of the property portfolio of German reha players RHM Kliniken to Medical Properties Trust,

Belgian REIT Aedifica expands its German portfolio

Belgian REIT Aedifica has released its half-year results for 2014/2015. With 15 senior houses added since June 2014, the nursing home sector represents 70% of Aedifica’s portfolio. We speak to Stefaan Gielens, CEO of Aedifica, about the results and the company’s plans for the future.

Laastari and Aleris to compete on telehealth?

Finnish outpatient provider, Laastari Lähiklinikka, and Swedish diversified healthcare service player, Aleris, are now both offering telehealth services in the Nordics. Both services claim to offer greater patient convenience in the outpatient primary care market. How do they differ and which model looks the most promising?

Global Health Partner reports strong growth in Nordics

Swedish-based Global Health Partner (GHP) has released its 2014 annual results, which show positive signs for future growth. GHP run a chain of ambulatory clinics offering the best breed of holistic treatment in the fields of orthopaedics, bariatric, arrhythmia, general surgery and dental care and have struggled for some time. But 2014 looks to be different; we talk to CEO Daniel Ohman about GHP’s best ever results.

Gulf hospital buys European expertise

UAE hospital group NMC Health has bought Eugin, the Spanish group which is Europe’s largest fertility clinic, with the aim of exporting its know how to build a fertility business in the Middle East. The move follows Chinese conglomerate Fosun’s acquistion of Espirito Santo Saude, the second largest Portuguese hospital group.

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