Sources in Turkey tell HBI that Russians are coming to Turkey in unprecedented numbers for medical treatment, as sanctions imposed following the war in Ukraine continue to bite.
Independent hospital providers in the UK say its NHS is not sufficiently using its capacity to deal with the elective surgery backlog, despite saying it would do so.
Embattled French elderly care firm Orpea may need to rebrand its Middle East expansion, a source close to to the company tells HBI, but not everyone agrees.
One of the largest French hospital groups has bought two facilities in Quebec where it says it will be able to build and open more for-profit hospitals something that is now impossible in France.
Digital health and AI are finally demonstrably making huge savings in healthcare delivery costs in many ways, said several speakers at HBI 2022, citing examples of 50% savings in primary care and counselling.
At the HealthTech Summit in London, Ali Parsa, CEO of US-listed-telehealth group Babylon, clashed with Kevin Ryan, CEO of New York investment fund AlleyCorp, over the level of threat the current economic climate poses to digital health companies.
The University College London Medical School (UCLMS) is joining forces with the Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund (SJIF) and UCLA Health in a new $400 million (€380m) university hospital in Jordan.
Metropolis Healthcare, the big Indian diagnostic and pathology group, is determined to forestall potential predators despite talk of a $1bn joint bid from hospital chain Apollo and conglomerate Adani Group.
Operose Health, one of the biggest GP providers to the UK NHS, is facing an accusation of mismanagement at one of its surgeries by an undercover BBC Panorama investigation. It blames a national lack of GPs.
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