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Penta courts investors

HBI can exclusively reveal that multi-national CEE hospital chain Penta has started meeting with investors with a view to selling at least a minority stake, months after it denied the company was for sale. It tells HBI that it wants a partner who can support international expansion plans.
October 3, 2019

Falck pays for breaching competition rules and could still face prosecution

Danish ambulance provider Falck has reached a settlement to pay compensation for breaching competition rules at home. Although this has curtailed any civil proceedings, it may still be facing criminal proceedings and a fine. Looking increasingly abroad for profit in its core business, the company is buying back a 100% share in Slovakian emergency medical services firm Falck Záchranná.
July 11, 2019

Interview: Martin Hrezo, CEO, Penta Hospitals International

We talk to the new CEO of CEE group Penta Hospitals International (PHI). Martin Hrezo discusses current markets Poland, Slovakia and Czechia, the synergies between them and why it decided to slow down its international expansion.
March 21, 2019

Penta Hospitals finally names new CEO

CEE hospital group Penta Hospitals International has named its new CEO more than six months after the departure of Attila Vegh. What might his appointment mean for a group already operating in Czechia, Slovakia and Poland?
February 14, 2019

Ribera Salud targets CEE expansion

Spanish hospital group Ribera Salud has increased its holding in Slovakian imaging and radiology provider Pro Diagnostic Group (PDG) – and says it is targeting further expansion in central and Eastern Europe.
August 23, 2018

Infermedica CEO on why AI specialists should prefer B2B over B2C

As doctors and nurses are an increasingly scarce and expensive resource, companies across Europe are turning to artificial intelligence to give patients a pathway into primary health. But is the best business model B2B or B2C? Healthcare Europa speaks to Piotr Orzechowski, CEO of the Poland-based AI specialists Infermedica, about why he sees the future of his business as very much the former, and his strategy for the company.
August 10, 2018

The future of Penta following its CEO’s departure to Capio

Eastern European hospital group Penta Hospitals' enterprising CEO Attila Vegh was the surprising choice to replace the soon-to-be-departing CEO of pan-European hospital group Capio, Thomas Beglund. But with Vegh's fingerprints all over Penta's plans for expansion - and his face still all over its website - where does the Czechia-based group go from here. Healthcare Europa speaks to a lawyer whose firm has advised the group in the past to find out more.
July 26, 2018
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