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How Affidea is driving 10% MRI scan growth

European imaging provider Affidea sees 10% volume growth on MRI scans where it has deployed a programme to track how and when machines are used with proprietary software. Senior VP regional COO Zisis Sotiriou talks to HBI about how it has optimised clinical protocols, identified efficiency savings and gained an extra €2m revenue a year.

Ramsay Sime Darby launches food banks

Two of Ramsay Sime Darby Malaysian hospitals have launched a food bank to support low income residents affected by the pandemic in the Klang Valley region.

Amanat Holdings experiments with real estate investment

GCC healthcare and education investment group Amanat Holdings has bought the property of one of its portfolio companies, Dubai-based rehab clinic Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Centre (CMRC), for 46m AED ($12.5m). We talk to the company and ask why.

The new group building a hospital for millennials

Portugal has a new private hospital company which is building specialised acute care framed around the consumer behaviour of millennials. Why does the sector need a new player? Because the traditional operators have more difficulty in deploying good digital transformation, the project's CEO tells HBI.

Dutch lab consolidation to resume after COVID blip

The consolidation of The Netherlands' non-profit outpatient diagnostics sector by for-profit groups is expected to pick up in the coming months after a delay due to Covid, a partner at Deloitte tells HBI.

Market conditions right for Unilabs to sell

HBI hears rumour that pan-European laboratory and imaging group Unilabs could sell soon. We explore how its private equity owner Apax could make a much-anticipated exit. 

Nordic launches a process for €2bn+ Veonet

Strong rumours reported by HBI back in July that Nordic Capital-backed ophthalmology group Veonet (including Germany's largest operator by revenue Ober Scharrer) would come to market before the autumn have been proven correct. HBI understands the group has launched a process, and a price tag of in excess of €2bn is expected.

Air Liquide consolidates Polish med homecare

Global gas giant Air Liquide will buy Betamed, a Polish medicalised homecare provider, after the competition regulator approved the deal. It will now have over €50m of oxygen services in the country.

HCG sells Strand minority stake to Reliance

Indian oncology hospital group HealhCare Global Enterprises (HCG) has sold its minority stake in life sciences company Strand after buying in full its oncology lab and clinical trials business.

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