30-Sep-16 Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), Thailand’s largest hospital operator, plans to spend THB12.8 bn (USD370 mn) to build a luxury healthcare centre to serve rising demand from tourists seeking premium medical services. The clinic will focus on anti-aging, neuroscience and brain health. [image: Customs Today]

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29-Sep-16 Plans to turn an unused shoe factory in the US city of Auburn, Maine, into a medical tourism centre for Chinese patients are faltering. Chinese investment company Miracle Enterprise plans a 200-room recovery centre for wealthy Chinese seeking medical care at the Central Maine Medical Center. Miracle Enterprise needs to find USD40 mn, but is struggling to attract investors. [image: IMTJ]

29-Sep-16 Chinese companies have announced more than USD5.2 bn of overseas healthcare acquisitions in 2016, a 15-fold jump from 2012. "Even though China’s pharmaceutical industry is still in the middle of consolidation and price wars, we hope to escape from this and do more work in terms of innovation and internationalization," said Shao Yan, CEO of China Grand Pharma. [image: China Grand Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Holdings Ltd]

26-Sep-16 Small specialised hospitals in India are planning to collaborate to expand services across the country by pooling medical expertise for maximum efficiency. “We have strong investment backing... We have planned expansion to increase to 1,000-bed facilities, from the current 108-bed hospital in Bangalore,” said Dr Anil Mehta, MD of Bangalore-based Nandana Healthcare. [image: Medical Dialogues]