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Dayanikli quits BSK

Murat Dayanikli has quit as chief executive of Turkish hospital group Birlesik Saglik Kurumlari (BSK). He has not been replaced yet....

New private equity investor in French private hospitals

French private equity group Montefiore Investment, which built and sold on the French B&B hotel chain, has bought a 75% stake in two private hospitals in Burgundy. Montefiore specialises in what it calls service networks and is interested in expanding, possibly into labs and even primary care....

Crunch time for Capio

Private hospital group Capio faces massive uncertainty in Sweden its original home. 2011 sees both its flagship hospital St Goran and Lundby come up for tender....

Interview: Eystein Hauge, chief medical officer, Teres Medical Group

We interview Eystein Hauge, chief medical officer at Teres Medical Group, about the plastic surgery and orthopaedic market in the Nordic region and on why Teres can carry out routine operations at an average price of half the Norwegian public sector tariff....

SAR leaps to number one in Spain

Grupo SAR is set to become the largest care home group in Spain with a yet-to-be-signed deal to acquire Mapfre Quavitae from insurer Mapfre and savings bank Caja Madrid for €30m....

Regional French labs tool up for expansion

As the French diagnostics lab market consolidates, so regional players are emerging. One is CBM in Toubouse which has just raised money from regional private equity house IXO for expansion....

Interview: Yrjö Närhinen, chief executive, Terveystalo

We talk to Yrjö Närhinen, the new chief executive of Terveystalo, one of the two largest private hospital groups in Finland. Terveystalo runs 15 hospitals, has almost 150 outlets and employs 2,400 people directly, as well as working with over 2,000 private practitioners. Half its sales come from supplying occupational healthcare to Finnish employers. Unusually, Närhinen has a background in FMCG at Procter & Gamble and with local beverage group Hartwall. He has no prior experience of healthcare....

Rhoen disappoints

Analysts have been disappointed by guidance from Rhoen Klinikum, the second largest German hospital group on 2011 growth and sales....

KOS gets AXA cash to expand care homes and rehabilitation

KOS, the biggest Italian care home group will not float after all. Instead, French group AXA Private Equity has pledged to invest €150m over three years for a 41% stake which will grow to 46.7%. KOS is majority owned by the quoted conglomerate Compagnie Industriali Riunite controlled by the De Benedetti family....

VRad cancels teleradiology plans for Europe

US teleradiology operator Virtual Radiologic Corporation, the world’s largest teleradiology business following its acquisition of US rival Nighthawk, has cancelled plans to build a European operation....

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