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Delays in Oman for insurance and hospital construction

Private providers in Oman are still awaiting the introduction of mandatory insurance a year after the country's Capital Market Authority said it would be introduced. Experts suggest a new timeline of Q2 2020 but could construction news also point to further problems in both the public and private healthcare sectors?

Interview: Thierry Chiche, CEO, Elsan

HBI talks to the CEO of Elsan, France's second-largest private hospital group and the largest private equity-owned one by revenue outside of the US, as it approaches its sixth - and possibly final - year of ownership by CVC. In this wide-ranging interview, Chiche discusses the group's strategy, the French market and exclusively reveals its latest acquisition.

NMC shares drop yet again after key shareholders sell

Two of the largest shareholders in under-fire UAE-based NMC Healthcare have sold a stake in the beleaguered FTSE 100 company, shares in which plummeted 18% overnight at the announcement between close of trading Tuesday, January 7 and opening on Wednesday, January 8.

Circle and MPT take over BMI Healthcare

UK hospital group Circle Health is acquiring competitor BMI Healthcare, confirming HBI's earlier exclusive report, while international healthcare REIT Medical Properties Trust (MPT) is buying the bulk of the real estate. We talk to UK advisors and crunch the numbers of the deal.

Interview: Marcin Lukasiewicz, MD Hospital Services Poland, Medicover

HBI talks to Marcin Lukasiewicz, managing director for listed pan-CEE healthcare group Medicover's Polish hospital division, a c.€100m business. What are the prospects for the private Polish hospital market, considering the virulently anti-private sector PiS government was just re-elected for another four years?

Fresenius Helios expands further in LATAM

Spain's largest private hospital group Quironsalud, part of Fresenius Helios, has signed an agreement to acquire a substantial private hospital in Colombia as part of its continuing investment in the country. 

Debts stacking up for NHI schemes

Nearly three years after the CEO of Ghana's National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) declared it "almost bankrupt", its President claims that his party has cleared the GHS1.2bn ($200m) debt. The country isn't alone in having stacked up debt: HBI looks at the arrears of NHI schemes across emerging markets.

FREE BLOG After Christmas come the New Year sales

Christmas is fast approaching, and hot on its heels, the New Year sales. Here at HBI, we like a high street deal as much as the next man, but it’s what’s in the healthcare services pipeline in 2020 that’s caught our eye today.

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