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Who might buy NMC’s hospital business?

NMC Health's administrators are making it clear that a wholesale selloff of the UAE's largest healthcare company is not viable. Could any of MENA's largest hospital operators - Mediclinic, VPS, and Aster DM - take over the hospital business? And who will be fighting for the rest? HBI speaks to an investor who knows NMC well to find out more.

European dentistry reopens

European dental markets are reopening for business as R numbers drop below 1 across the continent. HBI reviews what the current position is in these key markets and talks to operators in these markets to assess demand.

Statutory insurers protect their hospitals, private pay markets look bleak

The post-COVID-19 financial outlook for private hospitals in Western Europe is becoming clearer. Those in statutory insurance-funded markets are likely to be protected by the public payor while private insurers look unlikely to shoulder the burden. And reimbursement for any COVID-19 care will barely make up the difference. 

COVID-19: Care sector confronts crisis, hospitals hit hard

In the second of our two-part deep dive into how COVID-19 is hitting healthcare markets across EMEA, we ask how hospitals are coping with spiralling staff sickness and a flood of patients, and whether the care and dialysis sectors can stay afloat given the risk the virus poses to their most vulnerable patients.

Nordic listed care companies: A comparison

The for-profit Nordic care sector has faced intensified scrutiny after scandals erupted at Finnish Esperi and Attendo last year. A look at the share prices of listed companies Ambea, Attendo and Humana gives some indication of the effect of this, where newly elected governments in the last few years have created environments more or less favourable to the private sector.

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