IPO is imperative but no panacea for Manipal Hospitals

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.

6 April, 20269 min
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IPO is imperative but no panacea for Manipal Hospitals

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