Oman healthcare news & reports

Mandatory private sector employee insurance expected in Oman in Q1 2019

Oman looks set to roll out mandatory insurance for private sector employees as early as the beginning of 2019 according to local players. The handful of them that make up the tiny private provider market are licking their lips in anticipation.

May 17, 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

NMC Health acquires UAE’s largest cosmetic surgery provider

London-listed NMC Health has acquired cosmetic care provider CosmeSurge from UAE competitor Emirates Healthcare Group, a company it has common shareholding with. Healthcare Nova speaks to NMC and our contacts in the UAE about a deal we saw coming months ago.

January 24, 2018

Interview: Shamsheer Vayalil, CEO, VPS Healthcare

VPS Healthcare, the GCC/Indian hospital and generic drugs group, with 2017 sales of about $1bn, plans to IPO within 2-3 years. Meanwhile, it wants to invest $150m in Indian hospitals. VPS founder 40 year-old Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, has also just launched a private equity fund Trovant Capital which has made its first investment buying a hunk of Amanat, a GCC fund which is investing (rather slowly) in healthcare and education. We caught up with him in London.

November 22, 2017

Thai operator Bangpakok in talks to manage Oman hospital PPP

Thai hospital operator Bangpakok Hospital Group (BHG) is in negotiations to manage a public hospital in Muscat, Oman.

June 5, 2017

HBI 2017: A review of the Middle East – awash with opportunity, but less oil revenue than before

The Middle East is awash with opportunity – and pitfalls for the unwary operator and investor. Giving a keynote presentation at HBI 2017, Helmet Schuehsler, chairman and CEO of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, set out the drivers, challenges and market trends in the region.

April 13, 2017

Spanish fertility chain IVI enters Oman and the USA

Spanish fertility specialist IVI has entered Oman and opened a clinic in Muscat, its third in the Middle East. Luis Saurat, CEO of IVI, shares his views on the market.

March 29, 2017

TMC eyes up Saudi Arabia

We caught up with Filipino hospital operator The Medical City and its plans for the GCC to meet the needs of the millions strong filipino diaspora. It also plans to target low paid workers from other countries.

February 9, 2017

Who is buying Atlas Healthcare?

Atlas Healthcare, which runs two hospitals in Oman, is reportedly about to be taken over by a UAE-based operator for OMR10m (US$26m).

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