COO Bülent Demir at Turkish ophthalmologist Dünyagöz told Healthcare Europa that CEO Koray Ozbay stepped down on Friday and that he might follow the same steps this week.
Capio's Specialist Clinics arm is buying Swedish ophthalmology group Scanloc Healthcare AB and adding it to its Medocular network. BA manager Peter Holm says that the country's freedom of choice reform is driving consolidation in ophthalmology.
We are about to find out the answer to that question. From April 2017, the UK’s Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) will go live with a mammoth website representing nearly 2 million datapoints covering the output of 14,000 consultant doctors with private practice at over 500 hospitals. Over 200 procedures will be measured in 11 ways. What does all this mean?
Two low-cost Indian ophthalmology chains are looking to expand. Based in central India, Eye-Q is opening five new facilities in the province of Maharashtra before going to Nigeria, while smaller group Dishtri aims to grow in the southern state of Karnataka.
The UK has voted to leave the EU unleashing economic and political turmoil that has taken the legs out from under Sterling, ignited press hysteria and will likely see the leaders of both major parties replaced. As always, the NHS was front and centre during the campaign. But concerns for healthcare more broadly, including the private sector, are numerous. We talk to investors, operators and advisors.
Mexican affordable optha group salauno has raised 72m pesos (US$3.8m), 50m from GLA, the fund of the Laviada Diez-Barroso Family, and the rest from IFC, a branch of the World Bank, to spend on a new 3,000 square metre hospital and ten new clinics in Mexico city. Director General, Javier Okhuysen, also said a sale to a large group would be appropriate in a “couple of years time.”
Failure to share data, high cost and the adoption of unique metrics is threatening to destroy ICHOM's dream – the creation of universal quality measurements in healthcare. Healthcare Europa reports from the ICHOM 2016 conference.
Six months after opening a new hospital on Harley street, UK-based ophthalmology chain Optegra is considering new expansions across several UK sites. Roberto Cirillo, CEO of Optegra, says the group is keen to see more NHS contracts. Optegra is also actively looking at opportunities in Europe.
In its comprehensive annual report on the healthcare industry in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, private equity house Alpen Capital explores current trends. Projecting the GCC total private and public healthcare market to grow 12.1% to $71.3bn in 2020, it highlights population growth, the introduction of health insurance and rising healthcare costs as key drivers –resulting in the development of PPPs, eHealth, preventive care and long-term care.
Turkish ophthalmology chain Batigoz Health Group, which already has clinics in several European contries, is planning to strengthen its presence in a $50m expansion. The group says it is about to receive private equity funding from a major Gulf investor and that it aims to reach Ghana by 2017. It also targets medical tourism. We speak to CEO Pinar Massena.
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