Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BGH) has acquired shares which will give the hospital group an 11 % stake in rival private hospital operator Bumrungrad Hospital as the private health operator continues to strengthen the group’s position in the Thailand healthcare market. The move by BGH to invest in the highly regarded Bumrungrad Hospital is part of the group’s strategy to achieve synergies between medical operations in a bid to lower costs and strengthen its position in the expanding private healthcare market in Southeast Asia. The new partnership is expected to benefit both parties, as combined operations will help with the control of medical costs, resource management and general overheads at a time when healthcare costs are under pressure from inflationary increases.
In 2010 BGH merged with private hospital chain the Health Network Group (HNG) in Thailand. The deal includes Phyathai Hospital, Paolo Memorial Hospital and six other private hospitals in HNG’s ownership. BGH is now the second largest hospital group in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan with 27 hospitals.
Patients Beyond Borders has released a stand-alone focus on Bumrungrad International Hospital, profiling the destination. Bumrungrad was the first hospital in Asia to receive Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation in 2002. BNH Hospital in Bangkok is the latest to attain JCI accreditation.
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