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Interview: Mark Britnell, Chairman and Senior Partner for the Global Health Practice, KPMG

Author of the recently published book In Search of The Perfect Health System, Mark has got through three passports in six years as he tours the world looking at healthcare systems. We talk to him about uberisation, telehealth, innovation in elderly care and the role of private healthcare providers as governments around the world roll out statutory healthcare insurance.

Singapore’s largest nursing home group looks abroad

With just six homes and 1,000 beds Orange Valley, owned by KV Asia Capital, is Sinagpore’s largest private nursing home group. Here is an interesting interview with its CEO in the Business Times. http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/hub/enterprise-50-2015/nursing-home-provider-rides-the-silver-tsunami

Newly branded Avivo Group plans $300m expansion across five Gulf countries and 2017 London IPO

Pan-Gulf expansion could be the new business model for big private operators. We talk to Amitava Ghosal, the CEO of Avivo, the new name for Healthcare Mena, the operator backed by private equity house Al Masah Capital about his plans. He wants to expand out of the UAE and Kuwait and into Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia with a specialist outpatient clinic chain. Future steps include hospitals and SE Asia.

Report: All listed healthcare service companies active in Emerging Markets

Here we present the first comprehensive list of all 57 quoted healthcare service companies which are active in Emerging Markets. The list includes companies headquartered in the Developed World, who have interests in Emerging Markets, such as Air Liquide, Fresenius or Ramsay Health Care, as well as quoted operators from the region, such as IHH, Apollo or Integrated Diagnostic Holdings. It covers everyone from Chilean hospitals to Egyptian lab operators and from NYSE quoted operators in China to big groups in Malaysia and Indonesia.

IHH becomes a major player in India

The largest Asian hospital chain, IHH Healthcare Berhad, has acquired Global Hospitals, India’s fourth largest group, in a deal which takes IHH’s Indian revenues to a run rate of around INR 12bn ($181m) in calendar 2015 with over 1,800 beds. The deal saw IHH pay INR 10.2bn for a 73.4% stake and inject a further […]

FREE BLOG Which is the better model: BDMS or Bumrungrad?

This week we conclude our investigation of the Thai healthcare industry. Without doubt, a fascinating market with huge growth potential, that is now spilling over into the greater ASEAN region. One feature that is unique to the country is the sheer quantity of listed hospital groups – 13 at our latest count. And amongst the […]

Sri Lankan market growing at 15% per annum

The Sri Lankan healthcare market is growing at breakneck speed says director of Hemas Hospitals, Murtaza Esufally. Problems with the public system are driving patients towards the private sector.

Report: Thailand: Asia’s Dark Horse

Nestled between the giant Indian, Chinese and Malaysian markets, Thailand has long passed under the radar. No more. Public health reform and aging populations have spurred rapid growth. And no longer content with medical tourists, its highly profitable hospital groups are moving abroad. Can these dark horses take advantage of the integration of ASEAN and become the dominant force in the region?

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