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Thonburi Hospital Group goes public in Bangkok, and share price plummets in one week

Thonburi Hospital Group (THG) went public on the Bangkok stock exchange on Thursday, December 7. Market cap when trading opened on the first day suggested it was nearly a US$1bn company (32.3bn baht), but this has dropped to US$808m (26bn baht), at the time of writing, as shares have dropped 28% from the initial offer price. We talk to a source close to THG to find out more.

Are uber-style platforms the future of non-medicalised homecare?

Healthcare Nova chats to Adam Pike, co-founder and CEO of SuperCarers, which brings the sharing economy to non-medicalised homecare in the UK but is looking to expand into China and Australia. Is he doing to homecare what Uber did for personal transportation? Adam Pike founded the platform with his brother in 2015 after their mother’s […]

Finnish nursing home group Hovi expands in Singapore

Family-owned Finnish nursing home group Hovi has made its first venture abroad. It has entered Southeast Asia by setting up an elderly day-care centre in Singapore. Group CEO Jussi Peltonen tells HBI of plans to further expand in the region.

Laureate sells off private universities in Europe

Laureate Education Inc, the NASDAQ listed private university chain, has agreed to sell for-profit European University Cyprus (EUC), which has a medical school and the only accredited dentistry program in Cyprus. We hear other European assets may follow.

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