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Hirslanden looks to appoint new CFO

Swiss private clinic group Hirslanden, historically the engine of parent group Mediclinic in South Africa, has been spluttering slightly of late. Last month’s results for the year to March saw the value of the group written down by a whopping £644m. Healthcare Europa hears the appointment of a new CFO may be imminent, but our well-place local source has questions about the manner of the appointment.
June 13, 2018

RH Bophelo buys again in South Africa as NHI approaches

RH Bophelo, South Africa's only black-owned special purpose acquisition company, has agreed to buy a stake in a 128-bed private hospital in Cape Town. It comes as the government looks close to voting on the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill. We talk to RH Bophelo CEO Quinton Zunga.
May 25, 2018

Netcare to exit UK blaming high rents and declining PMI

South African hospital group Netcare will exit the UK market by selling its interest in BMI Healthcare, as high rents and weakening PMI continue to erode profits. We talk to a fund manager and speculate on buyers.
April 3, 2018

South African budget hits private health spending: sign of things to come?

We talk to our contacts in South Africa about what the new president and today's mid-term budget mean for the private health sector. Two measures were singled out in discussions, while the new incumbent has surprised onlookers by signalling that the much-discussed national health insurance bill will be put to parliament in the next few weeks. 
February 21, 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
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