Serbia

 

Acibadem’s European plans

IHH Healthcare’s Turkish arm Acibadem has big plans for Europe where it recently became the largest player in Bulgaria with the acquisition of City Clinics. It is negotiating to buy in Romania and will build facilities in two other European countries.

Secretive On Clinic hits Belgrade

On Clinic, a chain of nearly sixty outpatient clinics now covers Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Moldovia, Armenia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. Its latest opening is its first foray into Serbia. We profile the group.

Interview: Vuk Vukovic, Partner, Blue Sea Capital

MediGroup is Serbia’s largest private healthcare provider. As well as a private hospital with 60 beds, it has a chain of outpatient clinics and recently bought the largest ophthalmology practice in the country. We talk to Vuk Vukovic at investor Blue Sea Capital about Medigroup’s business model and the Serbian market.

Permira to build new imaging services provider

Private equity house Permira is backing a merger between Mesa Medical, a Pan-European supplier of third party maintenance and used imaging kit, and Asteral, which is the largest provider of managed equipment services around imaging equipment in the UK. The deal will alarm suppliers like Siemens, GE and Philips.

Euromedic appoints HSBC

Imaging services provider Euromedic has appointed HSBC to review the business. Bankers expect this to lead to a sale this autumn.

Polish Mandatory Health Insurance/Reform: Presentation, Joe Ryan, CFO, Medicover

Joe has 17 years experience as CFO of Medicover, the only Pan-East European provider of comprehensive medical services from insurance to hospitals, ambulatory centres and diagnostics. Medicover is active across Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, Belarus, the Balkans and other ex-Soviet republics. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2014, The Return of the Bull Market.

MediGroup is Serbia’s first big chain

Blue Sea Capital has made a third acquisition in Serbia ahead of the launch of MediGroup, the first big branded healthcare chain in the country.

Interview: Dimitris Moulavasilis, Chief Executive, Euromedic

How are players dependent on a shrinking public purse in South and East Europe reacting? Who better to ask than Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO of Euromedic? The company offers imaging, labs and oncology services in 15 countries, from Ireland and Portugal in the West to Russia and Turkey in the East.

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