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Romanians turns down Acibadem

We hear that a big Romanian healthcare service group recently turned down a bid from Acibadem, the Turkish (and now Bulgarian) hospital group owned by IHH, the Pan-Asian hospital group. Meanwhile, the Bucharest hospital market is hotting up.

CEE: Where and what to invest in

Under-penetrated and underserved markets in CEE are becoming too tempting to ignore for investors, claims Turkey-based regional expert Ufuk Eren, CEO of Volitan Consulting and advisor to EY. He spoke to Healthcare Europa at HBI 2018 in London and shared his thoughts about where he would recommend investing – and why.

Organic growth powers Medicover

Strong organic growth at 14.5% was at the core of a robust set of results for German, East-European and Indian outpatient, hospital and lab group Medicover which announced its maiden results post its summer 2017 IPO.

It’s still worth doing business in Poland – if you know where to look

Despite radical reforms and a government implacably opposed to opening up markets to private operators, there’s still money to be made in Polish healthcare if you know where to look. Healthcare Europa speaks to a well-placed local investor who believes anyone taking a long-term view can still find Poland profitable.

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.

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.

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