HBI Deals+Insights / Healthcare Reform

Portuguese government plans new hospital PPP

Portugal has forged an agreement with the Troika that will allow a new hospital PPP in Lisbon to go out to tender next year. The contract will see a privately-managed hospital replace 5-6 public hospitals. But with talk of potential bankruptcy at Jose de Mello Saude’s PPP at Braga, what is the outlook really like right now?

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