Aier Eye Hospital, the largest Chinese ophthalmology chain with its headquarters in China, is set to buy Clinica Baviera, the largest ophthalmology chain in West Europe and wants to be the largest player in three continents.
Spanish fertility specialist IVI has entered Oman and opened a clinic in Muscat, its third in the Middle East. Luis Saurat, CEO of IVI, shares his views on the market.
Doctoralia, the Spanish-based online healthcare appointment booking and review site with a strong presence in Latin America merged with its Polish-based competitor DocPlanner last year. Healthcare Europa talks to Doctoralia co-founder Dr. Frederic Llordachs, now a partner at DocPlanner, about business models, the merger, and the future of booking sites.
Recruitment, retention and training are now the primary challenges for the healthcare services industry. The obvious solution to keeping staff - paying more – is no longer working. Private operators around the world are now fishing in a global market that's short of 15m healthcare workers. So what practical solutions are operators putting into force and what really works? We talk to 25 operators from across the world.
French REIT Eurosic has announced the acquisition by sale and leaseback of a portfolio of nursing homes owned by Spain’s largest care provider, SARquavitae.
Daniel Antón, the CFO of Dentix, Spain’s largest dental chain with 2016 sales of over €258m, following the 2016 collapse of former leader Vitaldent, speaks to us about its business model in Spain, Italy and Latin America. Unlike the newly reborn Vitaldent, Dentix plans to grab new, apparently high risk, markets outside Spain. How?
Spanish hospital operator Vithas has finally reached an agreement with Accionistas X Nisa, the platform regrouping hospital chain Nisa’s minority shareholders. Vithas, which already owns a 47% controlling stake in Nisa will be able to buy the rest of the group at a whooping €24.5 per share.
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