Mexico

 

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.

Mexican maternity chain targets affordable market by ditching hotelier model

Healthcare Nova speaks to an operator who says he is providing affordable maternity and OBGYN services in Mexico by ditching the hotelier model, and drawing inspiration from other emerging market providers. Juan Moctezuma is co-founder and CEO of Reina Madre Hospital in Toluca, which has been included in Duke University's Global Health Institute Innovations in Healthcare 2018 cohort.

Interview: Juan and José María Garrido, Weston Hill

Weston Hill is a Madrid-based asset management company that has been very busy in the Spanish dental market recently. Healthcare Europa speaks to brothers Juan and José María Garrido, founders, and the group's CEO and managing director respectively, about Weston's ongoing work with Institutos Odontológicos (IO) and the recent purchase of iDental.

Laureate sells off private universities in Europe

Laureate Education Inc, the NASDAQ listed private university chain, has agreed to sell for-profit European University Cyprus (EUC), which has a medical school and the only accredited dentistry program in Cyprus. We hear other European assets may follow.

Trump’s wall could hit Mexican medical tourism market

What does President Trump's Mexican wall plan mean for medical travel across the border? Some Mexican hospital groups have already reported a fall in US patients, but opinion is split on what the long-term effect will be. We talk to operators in the region to find out more.

Interview: Enrique Samper, CEO, NIMGenetics

Spanish laboratory company NIMGenetics has set its sights on Latam, and says it expects to see massive growth from its newly set-up businesses in the region. Healthcare Europa speaks to founder and CEO Enrique Samper about how he’s looking abroad, while facing problems at home.

Interview: Enrique Samper, CEO, NIMGenetics

Spanish laboratory company NIMGenetics has set its sights on Latam, and says it expects to see massive growth from its newly set-up businesses in the region. Healthcare Europa speaks to founder and CEO Enrique Samper about how he's looking abroad, while facing problems at home.

Mexican pharmacy chains power into primary care

Mexico's big pharmacy chains are powering into primary care which they see as a good way to sell more prescriptions. They could already be doing as many 500,000 primary care consultations a day according to Chief Innovation Officer Carlos Perez at Proa, the largest private lab group in Mexico who was speaking at Healthcare Latam, the inaugural Pan-Latin American healthcare service event.

Homecare and daycare business models in Mexico: Presentation, Marco Alvarez, Salus Holding, Mexico

Marco Alvarez set up Grupo Dabvsa with Angel Ventures (now Salus Holdings) in 2005 to provide medicalised homecare, day centres and a nursing school in Mexico City. Now the largest provider in the capital, Marco discusses the social stigma of elderly care in Mexico, demographics, and how focusing on technical and medical assistance has helped the group work alongside traditional domiciliary caregivers.

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