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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
With talks of a possible blockbuster IPO doing the rounds, the CEO gets candid about how India’s top hospital chain is planning the future.
Building a pan-Indian brand is no small feat—it takes time, effort and a laser-focused strategy. More so in healthcare, a hyperlocal sector where brand equity is painstakingly built, patient by patient, region by region. And it’s not easy to get private equity players to back you as the next big bet in India’s booming, competitive healthcare market.
Manipal Health Enterprises, also known as Manipal Hospitals, has gone the whole hog. Its journey began in 1953 with the establishment of Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, Karnataka, by T.M.A. Pai. For decades, it remained a Karnataka-centric brand with a modest presence in …
A public listing will help clean up the hospital chain’s balance sheet after the costly Sahyadri acquisition. But depressed metrics, integration risks and lofty valuations make this far from a clean turnaround story.
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors. For young professionals, the sector offers a spectrum of opportunities beyond medicine, spanning hospital operations, data analytics, corporate strategy, and digital health.
On the surface, Narayana Health’s latest acquisition holds promise. But a closer look suggests that the UK’s Practice Plus Group will need a bit of a turnaround before it can start yielding results.
