The Hungarian government has removed from its proposed new health care law the requirement that private doctors would need to work at least 20 hours a month in the public sector. However, the rest of the controversial reform remains unaltered.
The elderly care market is ripe for a technological revolution, but investment is lacking and adoption has been slow. Lars Dahle, founder and former CEO of healthcare tech group Dignio, candidly explains why he feels the market is frustratingly slow to take up what appear to be obvious solutions.
German health minister Karl Lauterbach has set out detailed reforms which would change the face of German healthcare, sound the death knell for small hospitals, and signal an end to overactivity.
Despite economic downturn and inflationary pressure, venture capital interest in healthcare, and specifically digital health, remains strong. HBI chats with UK investment company Albion VC to find out more.
Under-fire French elderly care operator Orpea could have a shareholder revolt on its hands. Unhappy with plans for massive share price dilution as the group looks to meet its debts, a group of disillusioned shareholders has suggested an alternative and is looking for support. HBI speaks to two French health care experts to learn more.
2023 may be a big year for Hungarian private healthcare as finance minister Mihály Varga has promised PMI and private healthcare providers they will have “a lot to do” in the coming year.
Dubai-based listed health care and education investment firm Amanat Holdings is merging two of its post acute care providers in the GCC region, Sukoon and Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Center (CMRC), in the latest move in its plan to build the region's largest post-acute care platform.
Spire, the UK’s largest for-profit hospital group, has acquired Doctors Clinic Group, one of the UK’s only pure play private-pay primary care chains. The acquisition is part of Spire’s plan to build up its primary care offering.
Multiple news outlets say private equity giant Blackstone is the sole remaining bidder for Indian hospital chain Care Hospital. Sources close to the company tell a different story.
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