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Regina Maria invests in a new hospital in Cluj, set to open early 2018

One of Romania's largest private healthcare networks, Regina Maria, is investing €15m in a new hospital in Cluj, the country's second largest city.

September 26, 2017

“We can meet the needs of the baby boom generation with today’s medical capacity”

That is a very bold statement indeed. But Prof Richard Boucherie at the Centre for Healthcare Operations Improvement and Research (CHOIR) of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, reckons it is true. For the past 15 years CHOIR has been helping Dutch hospitals, labs and homecare groups to increase their efficiency through mathematical modelling using operations research methods including queueing theory, optimisation and computer simulation. We interview him on how such an approach can make massive efficiency gains.

September 26, 2017

IDIS Foundation makes progress on waiting list proposal

Spain’s autonomous communities are considering outsourcing their surgical waiting lists to the private sector in a plan put forward by the association of private healthcare (IDIS), says its director general.

September 25, 2017

US group acquires 50% stake in Rome hospital – and targets English-speaking market

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), one of the top 20 largest non-profit chains in the United States, has expanded in Italy with a 50% acquisition of the Salvator Mundi International Hospital in Rome. We speak to UPMC Italy, and contacts in the country about the move.

September 25, 2017

Medica shares fall despite solid results

The UK teleradiology group Medica failed to meet expectations in debut interim results last week, setting a 6% slide in its share price in motion.

September 25, 2017

Abraaj acquires majority stake in Kenyan hospital chain

The Dubai-based private equity group has had its 52.6% stake acquisition in Kenyan hospital chain Avenue Group approved by the country's antitrust watchdog.

September 21, 2017

Interview: Dr Peter Bazso, Director, Duna Medical Centre, Hungary

The Duna Medical Center (DMC) aims to be the most substantial private hospital in Hungary, with an ambitious building programme, and the only one that covers almost all surgical areas. Healthcare Europa speaks to its director Dr Peter Bazso about its business model, expansion and the wider market in Hungary.

September 21, 2017

Ava Clinics in talks with Russian billionaire to sell

The fourth largest healthcare services company by revenue in Russia is in talks with a group of businessmen led by Alexei Mordashov to sell the business, a proposal that was recently approved by the country's antitrust watchdog. Healthcare Europa speaks to the group's director general about those discussions and the company's expansion.

September 20, 2017

Do MENA’s five major cities really “need 10,500 new hospital beds by 2022”?

A new report suggests the MENA region’s five major cities will need 10,500 new hospital beds over the next five years – the equivalent of 70 new hospitals. Healthcare Nova speaks to the report author and to a government adviser who thinks he is wrong.

September 20, 2017

Ameos plans Swiss roll

Ameos, the biggest for-profit operator in German psychiatry has bought its first psychiatric clinic in Switzerland. So what does the Swiss psych sector look like?

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