Several healthcare companies in the UAE are merging to create the the county's largest healthcare provider. The new company will operate as a payor-provider.
REIT Icade Sante has purchased acute care real estate in Italy for the first time, with the acquisition of four hospitals from Gruppo Villa Maria for €85m. The company has also signed contracts for the purchase of four new nursing homes in Germany, for €71m.
Germany has a new government - and a new Federal Minister of Health in Karl Lauterbach. HBI talks to two Germany-based sources who agree he is a politician embraced more by the public than his own party, and considers what his appointment might mean for the sector.
Five hundred and eighty-three patients in the UK were transferred as an emergency to another hospital following complications during private treatment in the 12 months to June 2021, according to data released for the first time by the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN).
Large groups in Southeast Asia are turning to telehealth as Covid takes its toll on medical tourism. HBI catches up with Max Healthcare in India, and takes an in depth look at what Bangkok Dusit is doing in Thailand.
Big US managed care company Centene has stated that it is conducting a strategic review of its international arm - Circle Health in the UK and Grupo Ribera Salud in Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
A project funded by US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to reduce child and maternal mortality during childbirth in Kenya will make use of UK healthtech start-up Proximie’s remote surgery-guiding technology.
Vivalto Partners, a new investment fund founded by the CEO of France's third-largest hospital group Vivalto Santé, has bought a controlling stake in the hospital group. HBI hears that Vivalto Santé will focus on further consolidating western France while Vivalto Partners wants to acquire other healthcare businesses.
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