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Interview: George Muchanya, deal manager, Growthpoint Properties

South Africa’s first healthcare REIT, Growthpoint Healthcare, will launch this month promoted by the investor Growthpoint. Deal manager George Muchanya talks to Healthcare Nova about the Big Three of Netcare, Mediclinic and Life, and who else might be in the market to sell some of their assets.

South Africa’s first healthcare REIT to launch

A healthcare REIT being launched by South Africa’s largest property investors has a billion-Rand pipeline and wants to bankroll new entrants into the market, its manager tells Healthcare Nova.

Swedish speciality care provider sheds loss-making hospitals

Swedish specialty care provider GHP has sold off two of its hospitals. The facilities, located in the Danish town of Aarhus and the Finnish capital Helsinki, were loss-making. We speak to Daniel Ohman and Philip Delborn, respectively CEO and CFO of GHP, and to Olof Bengtsson, CFO of Sweden-based operator Capio, who bought the Danish hospital.

Brazilian care group to triple revenue in 18 months, says CEO

Brasil Senior Living (BSL), which claims to be Brazil’s largest long-term care company, is to triple its number of beds and revenue in the next 18 months, according to its CEO Ricardo Soares. He tells Healthcare Nova the long-term care market in Brazil is still in its infancy.

Healthspring to raise US$35m-US$40m

Healthspring, which is rolling out what it called an "organised primary care" network across India wants to raise the money it needs to fund expansion over the next 3-4 years. We talk to CEO Kaushik Sen.

Why are investors reluctant to invest in mental health? 

There's a European healthcare sector which is ripe for investment, where demand is set to outstrip supply, and where the public sector is content for private operators to help. So why isn't there more interest in building and running psychiatric clinics? Healthcare Europa speaks to Dr Michelle Tempest, partner at Candesic, a bespoke health and social care management consultancy.

Interview: Timo Lappi, Co-Founder & CEO, Heltti

Heltti is a Finnish occupational healthcare provider serving almost exclusively (95%) knowledge workers in Helsinki, Tampere, Espoo and Oulu. CEO Timo Lappi believes the country's health and social care market has gone stale while policy makers obsess over administration. He wants to shake things up and shares his thoughts with Healthcare Europa.

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