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Interview: Massimiliano Colella, CEO, Evercare Group

We talk to the CEO of Evercare Group, the diverse conglomerate of South Asia and African hospitals that make up the $1bn Evercare Health Fund originally raised by Abraaj before TPG's takeover in 2019. Colella talks strategic priorities including 'turning Evercare from a fund into a real company', recent management departures, the platform today and why his own lack of emerging market healthcare service experience doesn't matter for this job.
October 28, 2020

BIMA raises $30m as it hits 2m teleconsultations in emerging markets

BIMA, an insurance and telehealth platform working in nine emerging markets, has raised $30m to increase penetration in those markets. It already has 35m insurance policies and has run 2m teleconsultations. HBI speaks to CEO and founder Gustaf Agartson. 
September 10, 2020

Impact investor buys in Bangladesh as its LP sells Indian hospital stake

The Evercare Health Fund, formerly managed by now-defunct PE firm Abraaj, has made its first acquisition since TPG took over the fund last year, acquiring a private hospital group in Bangladesh for $120m. At the same time, UK development bank and Evercare investor CDC Group has partially sold a stake in an Indian hospital group, demonstrating you can make money while serving the low-end segment.
January 30, 2020

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2017: Improved HR increased responsibility, cut communication errors and increased patient numbers

By improving HR procedures, Apollo Dhaka Hospital has seen significant improvement in communication errors, accountability and a 15% increase in patient admissions. Apollo Hospitals Dhaka is the only JCI Accredited 450-bed multi-disciplinary super-specialty tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh, providing health care with the latest medical, surgical and diagnostic facilities.
July 6, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2017: Training the community as first responders to combat cardiac arrests

As part of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka's Corporate Social Responsibility program, it trained 1,100 members of the community as first responders. The goal of the initiative was to educate more community participants so that they are confident enough to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to improve survival rates of people experiencing cardiac arrest or heart attack.
July 6, 2018

Interview: Dr Rajgopal Thirumalai, Vice President, Global Medical & Occupational Health, Unilever

Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000  employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
January 31, 2018

Interview: Dr Rajgopal Thirumalai, Vice President, Global Medical & Occupational Health, Unilever

Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000  employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
January 29, 2018

Indian groups seek new areas as government price ceilings hit profits

Government regulations mean hospitals have been forced to cut their charges for drugs and devices in that cardiology and orthopaedics. Pacemakers are to be hit next, with falls of 50-70% in pricing. These price cuts apply even for wealthy private patients paying cash. Small wonder the largest player, Apollo Hospitals, is down 29% on the year with Fortis off 18%. So how are Indian hospital groups reacting?
October 4, 2017
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