03-Apr-15 Between 2002 and 2012 the number of private hospitals in Turkey grew at 14.8% on average. The core growth drivers are favorable government support, internal demand from Turkey’s burgeoning middle class, and external demand as Turkey emerges as a leading healthcare tourism destination. [image: eyeforpharma]

02-Apr-15 More private high-end hospitals have come to Shenzhen as its middle-class keeps expanding. The city is also reported to be encouraging private investment in the public health sector. “The city government has... included the hospital into the national health care insurance network to help patients reduce their costs,” said Liu Jiangning, executive president of C-Mer (Shenzhen) Dennis Law Eye Hospital. [image: Shenzhen Standard]

01-Apr-15 One in ten available hospital beds in Victoria is not being used and 18% of operating theatres are closed, an interim report into the state's public health system has revealed. The report's recommendations include a statewide service and infrastructure plan to guide the allocation of future resources. [image: ABC / Everystockphoto]

31-Mar-15 Alibaba's healthcare subsidiary will tie up with Zhejiang DiAn Diagnostics to develop an online hospital platform. Ali Health is looking to technology to help overhaul China's fragmented and over-burdened healthcare system. [image: Greetlane News]

31-Mar-15 The healthcare unit of infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp (MPIC) is set to build the Philippines' largest private hospital in the Zamboanga Peninsula. MPIC said it has signed a long term lease agreement with Western Mindanao Medical Center, a hospital with a 25-year history of service in Zamboanga. [image: The Philippine Star]