Georgia

 

“Secret” Artemis sale talks, as Veonet process progresses

HBI understands that Montagu, owners of Artemis Augenkliniken which is Germany’s second-largest ophthalmology chain by revenue, is in bilateral talks to sell. HBI names the potential buyer, and also has a delve into the ongoing sale - and current finances - of Veonet Group.
October 21, 2021

GHG looks abroad

Georgia Health Group is keen to expand into healthcare tourism. Meanwhile, its insurance arm is looking at the small and medium business market.
September 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

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 29, 2018

Georgian healthcare reforms hit private operators’ profits

Georgia has privatised many of its hospitals since 2008, but we hear that reforms, plus much later payments, are creating big problems for private hospitals, which are 80% dependent on the state. We also talk to a source close to one of the country’s largest healthcare operators.
November 28, 2017

Georgian healthcare reforms hit private operators’ profits

Georgia has privatised many of its hospitals since 2008, but we hear that reforms, plus much later payments, are creating big problems for private hospitals, which are 80% dependent on the state. We also talk to a source close to one of the country's largest healthcare operators. 
November 22, 2017

IFC and EBRD backs diversifying Georgian pharmacy

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a division of the World Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), are loaning Aversi-Pharma, one of the country’s largest pharmacy chains, money to build two new health centres.
December 12, 2016

Georgia to row back on UHC programme

Means testing may be reintroduced to Georgia, replacing its three-year-old universal health coverage system, as the government seeks efficiencies. The middle-income country now spends over 7% of GDP on health according to the World Bank. Boosts to primary care are also driving large operators like Georgia Healthcare Group (GHG) into the ambulatory market.
July 15, 2016

Dunyagoz to strengthen its hospital network

Turkish ophthalmology group Dunyagoz, which runs 22 centres in Turkey and Europe, is expanding to neighbouring countries and beyond. It is looking at Iran and Russia and is launching two new hospitals in the Netherlands and Azerbaijan in June 2016. We speak to CEO Koray Ozbay about the group’s strategy.
April 18, 2016
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