Hospitals

 

Manipal looking to become largest Indian group with acquisition

Manipal Hospitals, India’s second largest hospital group by bed capacity, is in talks to acquire a smaller group in the east of the country. If the deal goes ahead it would make Manipal the largest hospital group in the country by bed capacity, knocking off rival Apollo Hospitals from the top spot.

San Donato may be preparing to IPO

Rumours are circulating that San Donato, Italy’s largest for-profit hospital group, is about to IPO. HBI speaks to an Italian market expert to see how likely this is.

AMEOS opens new medical campus in Germany

AMEOS Gruppe, Germany’s fourth largest hospital group by revenue, has opened a medical campus in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, to provide the clinical stage of medical degrees for 40 doctors a years, as part of a degree program which AMEOS has been running for the past three years in partnership with a Croatian university.

Practice Plus Group joins Bupa UK network

Practice Plus Group, one the UK's largest private hospital groups, has partnered with multinational health insurer Bupa to give Bupa UK insurance customers access to treatment at its hospitals and surgery centres.

A bright future for Finnish providers

Positive results from three Finnish healthcare giants indicate the market is on an exciting trajectory. Janne-Olli Järvenpää, CEO of Mehiläinen, the largest of the three groups, explains the opportunities for both outsourcing and private-pay - and how independent operators can make the most of booming demand in what may be Europe's "most advanced healthcare market in terms of private-pay".

KPJ to focus on Malaysia and exit other markets

Listed Malaysian hospital group KPJ Healthcare is selling non-core assets it holds outside of Malaysia to focus on its Malaysian hospital segment. It has already fully exited Indonesia and plans to fully exit Australia within the next two years, and may also exit Bangladesh. It still has a hospital in Thailand which it has no plans to sell, as it is focused on medical tourism - a key part of the company's strategy going forward. The company reported strong results for 2023, with revenue up 19% and core net profit up 61%.

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