Largest Turkish hospital group Acibadem is making a big play for international patients in the Balkans. The company is 75%-owned by Malaysian investment fund Khazanah Nasional and listed operator IHH Healthcare, and 25%-owned by the founding Aydinlar family. Acibadem runs 16 hospitals and nine outpatient clinics in Turkey, and owns 50.7% of Sistina hospital in Macedonia. The group is looking particularly hard at Romania, where 1,000 patients travelled to Acibadem for treatment in 2012. We talk to Anna Herkmen, head of Acibadem’s efforts in East Europe, to find out more.



