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Zambia is open for business

The southern African country of Zambia is looking to the private sector to boost its healthcare system and help it move towards universal health coverage. In an interview in London, Dr Kennedy Malama, director at the Ministry of Health, named five key areas it’s looking for help and what Zambia has to offer.
February 28, 2017

FREE BLOG HR: an international market and an international headache

The ability to staff a healthcare provider is perhaps the prime determinant of its success. But recruiting, retaining and training doctors, nurses and support staff has never been harder. Nurses, in particular, are slipping out of health systems like water through a sieve. And their desperate employers are resorting to desperate, perhaps even illegal, measures to staff their wards.
February 24, 2017

Montenegro government looks to privatise healthcare centre

The Montenegro government is looking to privatise healthcare centre Simo Milosevic, a boutique spa and rehabilitation facility in in the municipality of Herceg Novi. The media in Montenegro is reporting that investors from UAE, China, Norway and Israel are interested in the planned sale of the centre, which is 56% state owned, and also known as Institute Igalo.
February 23, 2017

Interview: Nick Hernandez, CEO of US healthcare consultancy ABISA

Boutique US advisory firm ABISA says it is working with Swiss clients for a healthcare deal in Eastern Europe. The expansion is likely to focus on medical tourism, telehealth and oncology - ABISA’s three main areas of expertise. We talk to founder Nick Hernandez.
December 14, 2016

FREE BLOG Narayana’s dilemmas

Indian hospital chain Narayana Health, whose innovations in procurement, process and staffing have cut the price of open-heart surgery to US$2,000, and brought its chairman, Devi Shetty, the status of rockstar surgeon, is entering Kenya - backed by the Abraaj Group and the IFC. This long-term partnership opens up a new frontier for its rapid expansion. It has been years in the making. And, yet, could it still be too soon?
December 9, 2016

BDMS targets tourists with Phuket brain health centre – and plans wellness network

Thai hospital giant, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), has opened a brain health centre in the southern tourist hub of Phuket. It aims to attract medical tourists as well as combatting the growth of cognitive impairments resulting from the region's ageing population. We spoke to the CEO of the institute Kongkiat Kespechara.
November 30, 2016

Will medical tourists save Russian healthcare operators?

The Russian government is considering creating a new type of visa for medical tourism, as foreign patients are pouring into the country for treatment in light of a weaker rouble. We speak to Victoria Samsonova, director for healthcare at KPMG.
November 8, 2016

New visa category to be introduced as medical tourism to Russia surges?

Foreign patients seeking treatment in Russia could soon have access to a new category of visas –just for them. According to several reports in the Russian press, the government is considering creating a medical tourism visa as the country experiences a boom in visitors over the past two years.
October 28, 2016
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