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Turkish hospital IPO edges forward

One of Turkey's biggest hospital groups has started marketing its IPO to investors with an intention-to-float document release. Private equity owners Turkven will float nearly half of Medical Park Group in a listing set for the first half of 2018. We talk to contacts in Turkey.

FREE BLOG Four things we learned in Singapore

HBI's senior reporter recently paid a visit to Singapore – a small country famed for its cleanliness, and sunny weather. She took the opportunity to meet healthcare providers based in the country to find out more.

Paracelsus closing hospital after it fails to find a buyer

The Karlsruhe-Durlach acute care clinic of German hospital and rehab group Paracelsus will close at the end of February after negotiations with buyers ground to a halt. We hear that the big hospital groups have been circling around the company's highly profitable rehab units, while it wants to get rid of its loss-making hospitals.

Integrated care and value health set to soar in Europe

European politicians increasingly get the value of care which integrates social and acute or the holistic treatment of chronic diseases. They also want value healthcare models which reward operators for quality. Pilots are becoming larger and, in some cases, have been rolled out as long-term projects covering millions of people. There are plenty of opportunities for nimble private sector players. We look at what is happening across Europe.

Africa Union to give diplomatic status to private hospital association

The African Union is close to granting the African Healthcare Federation diplomatic status, say informed sources. This means that the private sector will soon have a seat at the table on a lot of policy discussions. But the World Economic Forum’s attempts to get the private sector involved in primary care is less impressive. The […]

New medical services for Africa

An African temporary medical staff agency, international telepathology for diagnosing cancer and a cloud-based HR service are among the new projects from Corvus Health, the new for-profit business launched by Dr Kate Tulenko, an American with 15 years experience in health care services in emerging markets. She is a speaker at HBI 2018, April 10-11, 2018 in London. We explore the projects.

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