In an unusual move, Mediclinic has appointed its chief medical officer Dr Carel Aron (Ronnie) van der Merwe as CEO, replacing Danie Meintjes, who has held the post since 2010. Meanwhile we ask what Mediclinic’s break up value would be? The group is currently valued at £3.95bn on the London Stock Exchange.
We hear from reliable sources that the Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in south-west London is putting a management contract out to tender that could see the enlargement of its private wing.
So far computers, no matter how much we ask them, have stubbornly refused to diagnose disease. Should we believe Ada Health, then, which claims to have persuaded them to do just that?
Talk of an explosion in private sector opportunities in developing the Saudi health sector abound and are getting active attention from Houston to New Delhi.
Failings in the Romanian public hospital sector are driving doctors out. We speak to industry insiders to find out why the financial crisis could be a disaster for public healthcare - and a boon for for-profit operators.
Listed Brazilian dentistry group Odonto Prev has continued its consolidation of the dental plan market with the acquisition of Odonto System for almost $50m in November.
LSE-listed Integrated Diagnostics (IDH) acquired a majority stake in Nigerian lab and imaging group Echo-Scan today with its family office partner Man Capital. The development bank IFC also took an equity stake and all three partners will invest a total of $25m to expand the group.
You wait years for a big Nigerian lab deal and then two come along at once! Lab giants SYNLAB and IDH both made moves in the market this week. Does this represent a new dawn for the country’s developing health system?
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