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Ukrainian lab overview

After several years of 30% plus growth, the diagnostic lab market in Ukraine has been hit by the crisis.

What are the prospects for nursing homes in Eastern Europe?

Batipart, the big property group which is a big investor in Korian, is quietly exploring the East European care home market with Senior Group, a small company ran out of Paris by Nicolai Kobliakov. We talk to him about demand for private beds in East Europe and his plans to launch an invasion of prefabricated cottages for the elderly in France. Kobliakov spoke at a recent session at property conference MIPIM arranged by Stephan Pichon, the healthcare proerty expert at Your Care Consult in Paris.

San Donato and Garafalo look abroad

San Donato and Garofal, two of the largest Italian hospital chains, are planning to move abroad and are looking at Russia, the Middle East and North Africa.

Opportunities in East Europe

A panel at Healthcare Europa looked at what opportunities were opening up in the three of the largest East European markets - Russia, Poland and Romania. We report.

Russia opens elderly care to private sector

In December the Russian State Duma passed Federal Law 442 (On the basis of social services for citizens in the Russian Federation), which officially allowed approved private care providers and set out tariff principles. The law should start to apply from early 2015. We talk to the head of the largest Russian nursing home group about what this will mean for the nascent industry.

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