19-Oct-16 Singaporean state investment firm Temasek Holdings is making a bet on China’s growing healthcare market, investing SGD250 mn in a joint venture focused on the country with Columbia Pacific Management, a Seattle-based healthcare provider with operations in China. Columbia Pacific operates a hospital, two specialty clinics and three senior living facilities in China. [image: The Business Times]

06-Oct-16 The medical value travel (MVT) industry is a fast growing segment of India's tourism industry, worth USD3 bn with 15% CAGR. However there is significant potential for accelerated growth. While 11 mn people travelled to seek treatment in 2015, only 500,000 travelled to India. MVT could reach USD9 bn by 2020 and establish India as ‘The provider to the world’. [image: DNA]

06-Oct-16 Taiwan’s National Arthroplasty Registry, the first of its kind in Asia, is helping increase the success rate of local joint replacement procedures. Containing information on implants, cases and surgery techniques, the registry assists healthcare professionals in tracking trends impacting patient recovery and identifying problematic joints. [image: CNA]

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]

17-Sep-16 Experts warn that plans to address the manpower shortage plaguing Hong Kong’s health system are unlikely to ease the pressure. In recent years, public hospitals have faced a shortage of about 300 doctors, leading to spikes in waiting times and a system stretched to breaking point. Some patients seeking an  orthopaedics consultation must wait over three years. [image: South China Morning Post]