Abu Dhabi: Burjeel Hospital, part of VPS Healthcare plans to expand into Gulf region with new hospitals planned in Muscat and Doha, a top executive said on Monday.
“Our plan is to open in all GCC countries in the next few years with new hospitals and medical centres,” said Clancey Francisco Po, Chief Executive Officer of Burjeel Hospital.
A 75 bedded hospital is set to be inaugurated in Muscat in March and in Doha later, he said.
“We are targeting all GCC countries as part of expansion plans. We are undertaking a study to see what kind of facilities required,” he added.
The group on Monday announced about their plans to open new tertiary care hospital in Al Ain, which will be operational in twelve months’ time.
The new medical facility will serve the growing medical needs of residents in Al Ain and will raise standard of healthcare available in the area, he added.
Meanwhile VPS Healthcare will make a bid for Al Noor Hospitals before the December 8 deadline set by the UK Takeover Panel, two sources aware of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
Abu Dhabi based firm has already agreed a 1.4 billion pound deal with South Africa’s Mediclinic International but other suitors have been circling. NMC Health dropped out last week after making an initial offer.
The regulator said on Thursday that it had granted private healthcare firm VPS an extension to make a firm offer or walk away.
“VPS will make a bid, there’s still time,” said one source familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity as the information is not public.
The source said Deutsche Bank was advising VPS on the process.
In a bourse filing on November 16, NMC Health announced that it does not intend to make an offer for Al Noor Hospitals Group as it would not deliver sufficient returns or shareholder value in line with its stated policy.
