The second Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition and Congress have been held successfully
The second Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition and Congress have been held successfully. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group presided over the opening ceremony of the second Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition and Congress...
The Global Hospital Build Exhibition & Congress to debut in China in 2011
The importance of having a strong brand in this market-oriented economy is critical for private enterprises and government organisations alike. In light of the opportunities and challenges facing the healthcare sector in China, The National Institute of Hospital Administration (NIHA) of the Ministry of Health (MOH) recently announced that they will cooperate with IIR Exhibitions in China and combine their resources to bring a unique professional hospital build and infrastructure exhibition and congress - Hospital Build China Exhibition & Congress – to the Chinese market. The launch of this event will mark a new era in the hospital build industry in China and will promote the growth of the Chinese medical and health service sector...
A China-US joint venture hospital started construction
On the morning of July 16, Cilin Hospital, a Sina-US joint venture started construction in Guanhaiwei Town of Cixi. Reportedly, This hospital is the first joint venture modernized hospital that is approved by Zhejiang Province. Cheng Yuechong, Vice Mayor of Ningbo...
Healthcare IT spending in China on the rise
Healthcare IT spending in China is expected to grow from just over US$2 billion in 2009 to US$3.8 billion in 2012, says Springboard Research, a leading innovator in the IT Market Research industry. Springboard's latest report, “China Healthcare Environment and...
United Family New Hope Oncology Center in Beijing meets U.S. LEED Environmental Standards
Chindex International, Inc., a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People's Republic of China, celebrated the building completion of the United Family New Hope Oncology Center at a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the facility in Beijing attended by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Chinese officials and global business leaders...
Singapore mission to China
A Singaporean delegation, led by trade promotion agency IE Singapore, will visit Guangdong province in China to explore opportunities in the healthcare industry...
Khazanah offers S$1.18 billion for control of Parkway
Malaysia’s state investment company, offered $839 million to more than double its stake in Parkway Holdings Ltd. and gain control of Asia’s biggest hospital operator...
80% of existing hospitals in China need to be rebuilt
Under the past centralized planning system, like most other social welfare facilities, virtually all China's hospitals were invested, owned, and run by the government or state- owned business entities. Until 2000, China completed 16318 hospitals, of which most were built during 1950s and 1990s with common defects in design and engineering...
British and Chinese cancer centres team up
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center established its first international partnership last week with a Chinese Cancer Center. Officials with the Shanghai First People's Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center in Shanghai made a stop over in the UK to make the agreement official...
Health reforms a boon for IT
Since announcing plans last year to revamp the Chinese medical system with the injection of 850 billion yuan over the next three years, foreign technology firms have been scouting for opportunities amid healthcare reform plans in the world's most populous nation...
Hong Kong hospitals seek international accreditation
Five public hospitals and three private hospitals have begun a three-year pilot scheme, to obtain international accreditation that is expected to complete in 2011...
China’s healthcare reform one year later: What’s changed?
In April 2009, the Chinese government announced guidelines for healthcare reform, with the core goal of providing universal healthcare services to the country’s 1.3 billion people. China will invest $124 billion on healthcare from 2009 to 2011...
Bumrungrad eyes hospital project in Hong Kong
Bumrungrad International, Bumrungrad Hospital's foreign-investment unit, may build a hospital worth 3 billion Hong Kong dollars in the Chinese territory...