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Could TPG create Fortis-Manipal super group to rival Apollo?

Private equity group TPG hopes to follow its expected acquisition of the Indian hospital chain Fortis by merging the second biggest group in the country with the third largest, Manipal Health, reports the Indian press. That would create a 10,000-bed giant. What stands in its way?

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