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Kuwait – the quiet niche

Kuwait gives its 3.7m ex-pats the healthcare equivalent of the deal of the century. But for how much longer?
April 21, 2017

HBI 2017: What is changing in the healthcare landscape in Emerging Markets?

Emerging Markets will make up 68% of the global GDP and 59% of global consumer spending growth by 2030. But how is the investment landscape changing, and where is the money flowing to? At the HBI 2017 conference in London, Hedley Goldberg, global head of healthcare services at Rothschild, Chinta Bhagat, head of Global Healthcare at Malaysian investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, a big investor in hospital chain IHH, and Khawar Mann, managing director for healthcare at Abraaj, shared their expert views.
April 18, 2017

HBI 2017: Want to expand internationally? Focus on cities, not countries

Internationalisation is a key trend of the healthcare industry, as the bulk of acute care M&A deals in EMEA over the past three years occured between different countries. But Chinta Bhagat, head of Global Healthcare at Malaysian investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, says a country or even a region is often not the most relevant unit to look at. At the HBI 2017 conference, he explains that operators need to focus on cities instead.
April 12, 2017

HBI 2017: More deals on the way in Africa, say experts

A panel of African investors, advisors and operators gave a critical but positive assessment of the future of private healthcare on the continent at the HBI 2017 conference. Dr Egbe Osifu-Dawodu, formerly of the IFC and World Bank, and a founding partner of the Anadach consultancy explained the opportunity in Africa.
April 12, 2017

HBI 2017: How do you recruit, train and retain qualified staff?

How do you recruit, train and retain qualified staff. This was one of the core topics of conversation at HBI 2017, as many operators admitted to struggling with HR-related issues. Salim Hasham, chairman of Kenyan hospital chain Mediheal and ex-SVP at John Hopkins, and Jill Watts, CEO of UK hospital chain BMI, offered some practical solutions.
April 7, 2017

US$82m Lagos hospital project may attract IFC funding

A N32bn (US$82m) greenfield hospital project in the Nigerian city of Lagos consisting of a 150-bed multispecialty hospital and two primary care centres has received the backing of two investors and of potentially a third - development finance institution IFC. John Adesioye, CEO of consultancy Utopian Consulting International, says this is the sort of investment that Nigeria needs.
March 31, 2017

Hygeia adds Gold Cross Hospital to Nigerian network

African investor Hygeia has bought the 35-bed Gold Cross Hospital in Nigeria adding to a growing network centred on the Lagoon Hospital and the country’s largest HMO. We spoke to Lagoon’s CEO, Rajeev Bhandari.
March 31, 2017

Real solutions for retention and recruitment

Recruitment, retention and training are now the primary challenges for the healthcare services industry. The obvious solution to keeping staff - paying more – is no longer working. Private operators around the world are now fishing in a global market that's short of 15m healthcare workers. So what practical solutions are operators putting into force and what really works? We talk to 25 operators from across the world.
March 9, 2017
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