Henry Dunant Hospital, Greece’s largest private hospital, is now unlikely to be sold to the public sector after a merger between its parent company Imithea and Greek healthcare services multitasker Euromedica.
The arguments for digitalisation in healthcare services are well-established, and thanks to the pandemic, hybrid models are coming more and more to the fore. How is digitalisation being used to improve financial outcomes, and how is data being used to deliver unprecedented proactive and preventative measures?
HBI hears that the surprise buyer of European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) may not have been the highest bidder, despite winning out. HBI considers who else was in the running, and the EBITDA figure that may have been used for the deal.
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (“GBL”) has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea from B-FLEXION, the private investment firm of the Switzerland-based billionaire Bertarelli family. GBL will invest up to €1bn of equity for the transaction which is its first substantive healthcare investment.
The Greek government has ordered doctors in the private sector to help public hospitals deal with the current Omicron surge, via a civil mobilisation order issued last Friday.
European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.
A fifth of homecare staff could leave the sector if COVID vaccination becomes mandatory in the UK. HBI looks to mainland Europe, where similar restrictions are in place, to find out more.
Around 5% of healthcare workers in Greece's private hospital sector have been suspended after the state made COVID-19 jabs mandatory, an operator tells HBI.
Doctor-booking platforms is an established multi-million euro market in Europe. However, platforms that connect families with carers have so far lagged behind. That is starting to change with the emergence of new carer-booking platforms that want to internationalise. HBI speaks to one, Greece's grandmama.
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