22-Jun-17 Days before a formal announcement was expected, Malaysia's IHH, the world's second-largest healthcare group, pulled out of exclusive negotiations with the Singh brothers to acquire a controlling interest in Fortis Healthcare and Fortis Malar in India. [image: ET Healthworld]

21-Jun-17 Indian health tech startup Grow Fit raised USD4.5 mn in funding from investors lead by Manipal Education & Medical Group, for its app delivering customized dietary plans and nutrition advice to customers from users behavioural and lifestyle data. [image: ET Healthworld]

01-Jun-17 Hospitals across New South Wales in Australia will receive a massive AUD21.7 bn (USD16.5 bn) from the state budget in the next financial year, for ugrades and refubishments. [image: SBS]

15-Jun-17 Kabarak University has partnered with international organisations such as GE Healthcare to build and fit out a mission hospital in Kenya designed to train local healthcare providers and attract medical tourists, with 500 beds. [image: The Star]

14-Jun-17 A medical tourism project intended to attract thousands of Chinese to a 5-star hospital in Auburn, Alabama, lacks investors, federal government approval, or hospital partners. A crackdown on birth tourism by President Trump has contributed to the failure. [image: IMTJ]