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The lucrative, luxurious post-birth care business in China

Professional postpartum care - luxury live-in care for both mother and child in the month following childbirth - has evolved into a lucrative business in China in less than a decade. Healthcare Nova speaks to John Yue Zhao, founder and CEO of the Xi Yue Ge care centre to find out more.
December 18, 2017

Spanish church-funded hospital bids for public contracts as it looks to consolidate

A church-run not-for-profit hospital in Spain which is largely PMI funded is bidding alongside private hospitals for publicly-funded surgery contracts - and says it is targeting more private sector work and looking to consolidate church hospitals. But as it pays less tax than for-profit private operators, is the playing field fair? And would a united church hospital group be a threat? Healthcare Europa talks to Hospitales Catolicos de Madrid (HCM) to find out more.
November 27, 2017

Are uber-style platforms the future of non-medicalised homecare?

Healthcare Nova chats to Adam Pike, co-founder and CEO of SuperCarers, which brings the sharing economy to non-medicalised homecare in the UK but is looking to expand into China and Australia. Is he doing to homecare what Uber did for personal transportation? Adam Pike founded the platform with his brother in 2015 after their mother’s […]
November 25, 2017

Where is the genetics industry headed?

The company to offer the first thousand dollar genome claims it will soon have a monopoly in genetics to rival that of Amazon in retail. In doing so, could Veritas Genetics finally deliver on the false promises of the industry and revolutionise healthcare as a whole? 
November 23, 2017

Interview: Shamsheer Vayalil, CEO, VPS Healthcare

VPS Healthcare, the GCC/Indian hospital and generic drugs group, with 2017 sales of about $1bn, plans to IPO within 2-3 years. Meanwhile, it wants to invest $150m in Indian hospitals. VPS founder 40 year-old Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, has also just launched a private equity fund Trovant Capital which has made its first investment buying a hunk of Amanat, a GCC fund which is investing (rather slowly) in healthcare and education. We caught up with him in London.
November 22, 2017

Rural US healthcare giant plans to open 300 primary care clinics in Ghana

A giant US-based rural health group is looking to expand its operations in Ghana, from 25 clinics to 300 over the next 3-4 years. We speak to Dr Dan Blue and Jim Slack, Executive VP and VP respectively of Sanford World Clinics about expansion, working with the Ghanaian government and reaching break-even.
November 22, 2017

Interview: Natalie Douglas, CEO, Healthcare at Home

Vetruvian-owned medicalised homecare group Healthcare at Home has been turned round. There are straws in the wind that suggest it might soon be for sale. We talk to CEO Natalie Douglas about the company, which is by far the largest provider of medical care around drugs in the home in UK, and is also active across Germany, Switzerland and Austria. 
November 21, 2017
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