DomusVi, Europe's third-largest nursing home operator by revenue with a big presence in Spain, has acquired a minority stake in Latin American group Acalis. We speak to Acalis' CEO and a spokesperson for DomusVi about the deal.
The sale of Bridgepoint-owned international dialysis giant Diaverum is likley being delayed until the future of its lucrative Saudi contract is determined, as potential suitors adopt a wait and see approach, Healthcare Europa hears.
There are relatively few Pan-Latam operators of any scale. The big exception is the integrated healthcare management organisations being built by UnitedHealth which is now the largest hospital operator in Brazil and Chile with positions in another half dozen countries. We think that is about to change.
The elderly care market in Argentina is fragmented with no clear leading player – but Healthcare Nova hears one operator may be looking to change this.
Investors looking for medium- to long-term projects should look to Latam for opportunities according to a panel of healthcare experts at HBI 2018. A growing middle class across the continent, ageing populations and increasing stability in many countries, mean that it is ripe for investment.
Brasil Senior Living, the ten-facility Brazil-based senior care group, and Senior Assist, which runs similar operations in Chile, Uruguay and Colombia, may be about to join forces.
Ongoing and escalating legal battles to stop private insurance price hikes in Chile are hurting profits and plunging the industry into uncertainty, the president of a Chilean insurers association, Rafael Caviedes, tells Healthcare Nova.
Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000 employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
Unilever runs a global health and prevention programme in over 90 countries for its 169,000 employees. How? What does Dr Thirumalai (known as Dr Raj) think of the private healthcare services sector? And what changes does he expect in the future? And what does he expect from digital health and AI? Dr Raj is also a non-executive independent director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise and a speaker at HBI 2018 on April 10-11 in London.
Laureate Education Inc, the NASDAQ listed private university chain, has agreed to sell for-profit European University Cyprus (EUC), which has a medical school and the only accredited dentistry program in Cyprus. We hear other European assets may follow.
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