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French ophthalmology groups fight back against insurers

Medic’oeil, an ophthalmology chain based in Eastern France, is trying to create a national network of eye doctors. Owned by the Helvetian Eye Centre, Medic’oeil aims to develop 87 centres in six years. We speak to Arnaud Mathaly, president of Helvetian Eye Centre, about the model. But consolidating outpatient in France is tough. Figaro reports that Dentexia, a low costdental chain, may be about to go bust.
March 10, 2016

Dr Agarwal bets on Africa

Of all types of Indian healthcare operators none have been as successful in Africa as Dr Agarwal, India’s second largest eye care chain. In just five years, it has grown its African business from nothing to 30-35% of sales. So far, it has 15 clinics in Mozambique, Nigeria, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, the Seychelles and Mauritius, but it plans to open six this year and to have 40 by 2020. We talk to Dr Agarwal’s CEO S. Rajagopalan.
February 29, 2016

Spanish operators target medical tourists

Health tourism in Spain grew sales of €500m, up 20% in 2015. Patients traveling to get treatment are still low - 100,000 per year - but the business cluster Spaincares has set to double the size of the market by 2020.
February 10, 2016

Bergman still in talks with bank

After more than six months Bergman Clinics, the largest Dutch private clinic chain, is still in talks with its lender Rabobank after ambitious expansion plans went awry.
January 21, 2016

Interview: Rajat Goel, CEO and Co-Founder of Eye-Q Hospitals

The Indian eye-care chain, Eye-Q Hospitals, is expanding fast. In March, it secured US$10 million of investment from the IFC and existing backers Helion and Nexus Venture Partners. This will help to build 65 hospitals in India within the next five years. But Eye-Q is also targeting virgin territory such as smaller cities and the African market. We spoke to Goel about the challenges of India and why he’s decided to look abroad.
December 18, 2015

Centre for Sight to IPO

The eye care chain, Centre For Sight, is the latest Indian group to publish a draft red herring prospectus as it prepares to IPO. It hopes to raise INR 115 crore (around US$ 17 million) by issuing fresh shares and existing shareholders will sell another 2.54 million shares. A million shares worth INR 60 crore (US$ 9 million) may, however, instead be placed ahead of the IPO to undisclosed investors.
December 11, 2015

Report: Private Healthcare in Mexico – Hotting Up

Mexico boasts a large, innovative and vibrant private healthcare sector, which sits alongside a developing, but somewhat chaotic public sector. We look at the major players in the private sector, as well as at new innovators seeking to cut the cost of treatment to reach the masses.
November 5, 2015

Newly branded Avivo Group plans $300m expansion across five Gulf countries and 2017 London IPO

Pan-Gulf expansion could be the new business model for big private operators. We talk to Amitava Ghosal, the CEO of Avivo, the new name for Healthcare Mena, the operator backed by private equity house Al Masah Capital about his plans. He wants to expand out of the UAE and Kuwait and into Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia with a specialist outpatient clinic chain. Future steps include hospitals and SE Asia.
October 16, 2015
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