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Building brands that win patients

Nordic countries are moving towards healthcare systems where money follows the patient and there's a broader range of private providers to chose from. How are operators responding to greater competition? Johan Fredriksson from Praktikertjänst and Yrjo Narhinen from Terveystelo discussed brand building and patient choice at our HBI's 2016 Breaking Barriers conference.
May 4, 2016

Svet Zdravia bets on more privatisations in Czechia

Although the current Czech government is not keen on hospital privatisations, Penta-owned Slovak chain Svet Zdravia, with €160m revenues and 14 hospitals, expects the mood to change after the 2016 elections. But Central Europe remains marked by strong government interference and the misuse of public funds.
April 29, 2016

Fresenius to buy Mater Private

The Irish Times reports on 25 April, 2016, that German healthcare giant Fresenius is buying Irish hospital and outpatient network Mater Private from private equity owners Capvest for €500m.
April 25, 2016

Medlife buys Romania’s largest dentist

Romania's race to consolidate the healthcare sector is stepping up. Frontrunner Medlife has bought the country's largest dental chain Dentestet. Meanwhile, Regina Maria continues to expand its hospital network.
April 20, 2016

IFC backs Regency Hospital to expand in Uttar Pradesh

The World Bank's investment arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) is backing an Rs 160 crore ($24m) investment to expand Regency Hospital in Kanpur, India. The plan is to open a new secondary hospital and an oncology centre run jointly with Bangalore-based cancer specialist Health Care Global (HCG). Regency will also expand across Uttar Pradesh with new hospitals in Lucknow and Allahabad.
April 20, 2016

Marcel Hermann quits at Médipôle Partenaires

Marcel Hermann, who founded Médipôle Sud Santé in 2006, has quit as president of Médipôle Partenaires, now the third largest French hospital group. He had been named in the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal suspected of tax evasion. There are rumours that the group could IPO as soon as the autumn of 2016.
April 20, 2016

Mediheal expands to Ethiopia

Kenya-based hospital operator Mediheal, which runs one hospital and five diagnostic centres (total figures) in Eldoret, Nakuru, Nairobi and Kigali is entering a Ksh100m ($1m) expansion phase in Kenya and Ethiopia. We speak to CEO Devaki Nandan Bansal.
April 12, 2016

PPPs back down in Spain, private sector grows

Anti-PPP regional governments in Spain are pushing hospital groups to the purely private higher-end sector. After Ribera Salud in Valencia and Quirón in Catalonia, the latest to lose a big contract is Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CUN). Groups like HM Hospitales have become highly acquisitive, whilst CUN itself will open a new hospital in Madrid's business district in 2017.
April 12, 2016

Siloam to invest $100m in expansion

Indonesia's largest hospital group PT Siloam International has a two-year plan to expand regionally with 13 new emergency hospitals. We talk to Managing Director Dr. Grace Frelita about the challenges faced by healthcare in the country.
April 5, 2016

Apollo Sugar to open 30 clinics this year

The specialist Indian diabetes group, Apollo Sugar, plans to open 30 new clinics in five cities this fiscal year. The JV between Apollo Hospitals and pharma giant Sanofi is moving into second-tier Indian cities by opening smaller clinics funded by internal accruals and spare capital. “This model is more capital efficient,” CEO Gagan Bhalla told the local press.
April 4, 2016
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