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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

New €2bn healthcare service fund for East Europe, Middle East and Central Asia

We talk to the man behind a new €2bn fund dedicated to health care services from acute care to elderly, and from distribution to diagnostics - and ask him for a detailed explanation of his fund’s investment strategy.

September 29, 2017

American Spinal Clinic “to expand to Romania, Turkey and Spain in 2018”, says founder

Bulgarian spinal treatment specialist American Spinal Clinic, which launched its first clinic in Sofia last year, is to expand to Romania, Turkey and Spain in 2018 in a bid to attract more medical tourists.

July 28, 2017

FREE BLOG Why foreign investors have not flocked to Brazil – despite deregulation

The Brazilian healthcare market opened up to foreign investment in 2015 – but has yet to see a lot of foreign investment bar a couple of large players. Why is this, what is the best model for operators, and where should they be looking? Healthcare Nova speaks to Brazil-based Marcelo do Ó, managing director at global consultants LEK.

July 27, 2017

Affidea sells Bulgarian arm to management

Pan-European diagnostic imaging group Affidea is selling its entire Bulgarian operation to Euromedica, a newly-formed Bulgarian operator run by the group’s ex-COO, for an undisclosed amount.

July 14, 2017

HBI 2017: “Live-in-care”: A profitable alternative to nursing homes?

Promedica24 has built a business around “live-in care”, recruiting in East Europe where wages are lower, and servicing the West. CEO Lukasz Pucilowski explains his business model and plans for expansion.

April 19, 2017

HBI 2017: Why CEE hospital operators need to think small before thinking big, for double-digit margins

In Central and Eastern Europe, the public hospital infrastructure is old, and consolidation is difficult because there are so many small players. Why would anyone buy an old, failing public hospital – and what margins might operators hope to make if they attempt to consolidate? HBI 2017 pulled together a panel of expert CEOs for their advice.

April 11, 2017

HBI 2017: Central European brain drain – and how to stop it

One of the major problems faced by operators in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is brain drain - but how do you stop staff leaving for better paid jobs in the West, and if they do leave, how do you tempt them back? Healthcare Europa asked three leading CEE CEOs that very question at HBI 2017. This is their advice.

April 11, 2017

HBI 2017: Four reasons to be positive about investing in Central and Eastern Europe

Is it worth investing in Central and Eastern Europe – and if so, where? How does the health landscape differ from Western Europe? And what are the sectors to watch? Eilert Hinrichs from global strategy consulting firm LEK gave the keynote speech at the CEE discussion at HBI 2017.

April 11, 2017

Interview: Milan Leckeši, CEO of Czech healthcare provider Agel

Czech healthcare provider Agel, which owns 36 hospitals across Central Europe, added seven facilities to its network last year - and more in the pipeline for 2017. We speak to its new CEO, Milan Leckeši.

January 23, 2017

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