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New Nigerian hospital project looks for investors

A new hospital to be built in Lagos as part of an urban development project is looking for investors. We speak to the broker of the deal at real-estate brokerage firm Coldwell Banker Netherland (CBN). 

Netcare shares slide after underwhelming forecast

Investors were less than impressed by Netcare's recent announcement that earnings for the year to September 30 would be lower than last year - dropping its share value by almost 13% before a slight recovery. Netcare blamed "difficult trading conditions" but it is not the only one feeling the heat at home - Life and Mediclinic have also seen their values drop in the last six months. We talk to a South Africa based healthcare expert to find out what's wrong with the market.

Post-Acute rehab goes private 

Post-acute rehabilitation is fast-becoming the latest sector from which the NHS in the UK is preparing to retreat. And levels of publicly-paid for rehab elsewhere in Europe are often surprisingly poor.

Unilabs makes three acquisitions in France

The consolidation of the French lab market continues as Swiss diagnostic labs group Unilabs has acquired Biopath and its 39 labs in France, along with two smaller regional players.

Cerba expands

Cerba HealthCare, the big French international diagnostic lab group, is expanding rapidly in Italy and looking at other markets.

Senior Group looks to Baltics for expansion

France-based assisted living operator Senior Group is looking for a Baltics breakthrough after initial ambitious attempts stalled. We speak to CEO Nicolai Kobliakov as the company looks for investors. 

KKR plans ambitious hospital consolidation in China

KKR, the global private equity giant, has formed SinoCare Group, a hospital investment and management platform in China that will acquire, build-out and consolidate existing hospitals. Healthcare Nova speaks to a Hong-Kong based consultant to find out what people think on the ground.

European domiciliary care provider breaks even in Asia

Buurtzorg, a Dutch domiciliary care business, is finally breaking even on the Asian market after a challenging first few years. We speak to Buurtzorg Asia's CEO Stephan Dyckerhoff about the difficulties of implementing his model in the far East.

Healthcare insurers: what does a successful strategy look like?

Here we look at what strategies private medical insurers plan to follow over the next few years based on our attendance at UniGlobal’s 10th conference in Berlin. This complements our other article – International Healthcare Insurers – It’s a Hard Life – which gives a picture of where insurers really are today.

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