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Babiš buys into IVF and gynae clinics

Czech billionaire and current Minister of Finance, Andrej Babiš has bought IVF clinics in Poland and the Czech Republic through a private equity fund he controls.
May 29, 2014

Polish private hospitals growing

How big is the private hospital sector in Poland? Bigger than you’d think, perhaps. Andrzej Sokolowski, president of the Polish Private Hospital Association says there are around 200 with an average of 30-40 beds.
May 29, 2014

Interview: Catalina Hoffmann, founder, Vitalia

It is rare to come across a totally new concept in elderly care. Yet that is what Catalina Hoffmann, a young woman of 26, came up with when she founded Vitalia in Spain in 2004. A chain of franchised daycentres, it delivers training and treatment to elderly people through the Hoffmann Method, patented programmes targeted at conditions such as stroke recovery, rheumatism, Parkinsons and even Alzheimers. Most patients pay privately to attend. We talk to Hoffmann who is about to launch in Brazil and Mexico. Her next target is Florida.
May 27, 2014

Hospitales Nisa readjusts to a private sector without public payers

Big Valencian hospital chain, Hospitales Nisa, has gone through a major restructuring over the last three years. This has seen it move away from public payors and towards private care and private medical insurance. Profits should rise sharply in 2014 at the family-owned business.
May 27, 2014

Advent set to sell Median

Median, the big German nursing home group owned by Advent International and property investor Marcol, will be put up for sale in 2o14, say informed sources.
May 26, 2014

Vedici hospital chain set to be sold to CVC

Vedici, the 3i-owned French hospital chain reaching out from Paris to the west coast, is in exclusive talks to be bought by private equity house CVC. This follows its failure to agree to merger terms with Medi-Partenaires, which is now forming the second largest hospital chain through a merger with Medipole.
May 26, 2014

Hospitais Privados de Portugal rebrands and says it is “not for sale

After many months of silence, HPP, the third largest Portuguese private hospital group bought by Amil, the largest Brazilian healthcare group, which in turn is owned by United Healthcare, has rebranded as Lusíadas Health and has announced it is in Portugal for the long-haul.
May 23, 2014
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