15-Jan-16 IHH Healthcare, Asia's largest hospital operator by market capitalization, is expanding its footprint in China, the largest emerging economy on its radar. IHH said it has signed a lease with Perennial Real Estate on a 48,000 sq m plot in in Chengdu to build a 350-bed hospital. From Chengdu, IHH plans to make "inroads" into central China. [image: IHH / Singapore Trading Online]

14-Jan-16 The number of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals in China has increased by 500 in five years, a rise of 16%. In 2014, TCM became a RMB730 bn (USD111 bn) industry, representing one third of the total output of China's medical industry. [image: UPI_Stephen Shaver]

13-Jan-16 The Abraaj Group, a leading investor in global growth markets, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Quality CARE India Limited, one of the largest multi-specialty healthcare providers in India. Headquartered in Hyderabad, CARE is the fifth largest healthcare provider in India, operating 2,600 beds across 16 hospitals in nine cities. [image: The Abraaj Group]

07-Jan-16 With the addition of 25,000 hospital beds and a 5x increase in health budget, the health sector in West Bengal is on the verge of a turnaround. Sick newborn care units have increased to 45 from six, medicines have been made free for the poor, and a number of fair price diagnostic centres have been set up. [image: Hospital Directory Asia]

06-Jan-16 Welcome Cure, the Indian alternate medicine platform focused on homeopathic treatments, launched physical e-clinics in Dec-15. The company plans to open over 150 e-clinics across India over the next 18 months as a part of its expansion and to cater to the high Internet non-savvy population in the country. [image: Welcome Cure]