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Apollo Hospitals Dhaka slashes discharge times as it tackles a cultural issue

Apollo Hospitals Dhaka, a joint venture between its Indian namesake and the Bangladeshi STS Group, is Bangladesh’s first Joint Comission International accredited hospital. But Apollo’s chief of medical services Dr Prasad Muglikar tells Healthcare Nova it wasn’t costs or resources that were the main barrier to solving the problems of a lack of accountability and leadership on its wards – it was culture.

First Bangladeshi hospital IPO

Apollo Hospitals Dhaka has filed for the first healthcare services IPO in Bangladesh, the South Asian country of 156m. On 1 March 2016 it signed its issue management services agreement with local investment groups ICB and AFC.

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Malaysia and the boom of Asian medical tourism

Medical tourism in Asia is booming. This year, 10m medical tourists will be treated on the continent according to the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC). We take a look at the market and in particular, at Malaysia, which has seen huge growth in the past two decades and now claims to account for a tenth of all tourists.

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