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India’s Covid crisis to peak ‘for another two weeks’

Indian hospitals are struggling and failing to cope with the ruinous COVID-19 wave running rife through the country. As resources dwindle and the international community steps up efforts to assist, HBI talks to an exhausted Delhi-based for-profit hospital operator source who is on the frontlines. He says their modelling predicts another two weeks of intense pressure.

Mediclinic bullish for 2022 despite drop in revenue

Group revenue fell 3% at South Africa-based EMEA hospital group Mediclinic International for the year ending March 31, 2021. But there were positive signs in H2 as the London-listed group came to terms with how to work during a pandemic, and the group is bullish about next year despite a particularly challenging start to the last.

Unicare founder furious after ousting

London-based private equity fund G Square Capital has taken full control of private health and care group Unicare. Founder and minority shareholder Tom Tidemann tells HBI he is dismayed by its action - but G Square's CEO tells HBI it was necessary to stop Unicare going bankrupt.

Covid continues to boost Unilabs in 2021

Executive chairman Jos Lamers has told HBI that Covid sales continue to rise in Q1 and Q2 2021. They certainly boosted 2020 results at the international lab and imaging group owned by Apax Partners. Like rivals Synlab and Sonic, the business continues to roar away. 

Gulf Capital takes re-branded IVI into India

Gulf Capital is taking its Middle East-based IVF platform, acquired from global player IVIRMA last year and now re-branded as ART, into India with the rollout of 18 IVF clinics nationwide. 

Is the UK nursing home sector in “crisis”?

Elderly care has had a challenging year in the UK, but is it too strong to call it a crisis, and how will things look as it recovers? HBI chats to a consultant and operator to find out more.

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