09-Dec-16 A HKD6.3 bn (USD812 mn) private hospital to be run by the Chinese University - envisioned as Hong Kong's first not-for-profit and self-financed teaching hospital - will offer 70% of its services in fixed packages to cater for the middle class, plus specialist quotas for Hospital Authority patients. The 619-bed hospital is to be commissioned in 2020. [image: The Standard]

18-Nov-16 One of the UAE’s most prominent healthcare groups, Zulekha Healthcare, has expanded its reach to an international scale, opening a new hospital in Nagpur, India. Spanning an area of 225,000sqft, the 200-bed multi-speciality hospital provides international quality medical care across Cardiac Sciences, ENT, Orthopaedics, Neurosciences, Paediatrics, Internal Medicine, Urology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Minimal Invasive Surgery. [image: Zawya]

14-Nov-16 J&J has entered into a collaboration with the Indo UK Institute of Health to deliver medical technology and surgical education in the field of orthopaedics, to the 11 IUIH 'medicities' being established in India. Meanwhile, Stryker announced a 20-year collaboration IUIH as a partner in the orthopaedic areas of hip, knee and trauma. [image: Indo UK Institute of Health / Somer Design]

11-Nov-16 Brooklyn-based Carlos Arnaiz Architects has announced plans for a hospital and trauma center in Baler, Philippines. As the first combined Hospital and Trauma Center in the country, the project will improve medical support in this remote area. With a daily patient capacity of 75 people, it will feature maternity wards, imaging, operating rooms, a chapel and a café. [image: CAZA Architects]

07-Nov-16 The New York based specialty orthopedic center, Hospital for Special Surgery, has begun to offer services to medical facilities around the world. The hospital is focusing on opportunities in Asia, the Persian Gulf and Latin America, said Laura Robbins, SVP of Global & Academic Affairs. “We were getting a lot of inquiries from healthcare systems and hospitals around the world." [image: Hospital for Special Surgery]