Medcenter mulls private hospital

Medcenter private healthcare services provider has budgeted 11.5m-euro turnover for 2011, up 15% year-on-year, amid rising retail services.

“There are factors favouring a positive trend, as well as factors that may slow down growth. On the one hand, there is the rising retail segment, as an option of patients for healthcare services provided by private companies amid the declining purchasing power. On the other hand, there is the trend of the corporate segment (private subscriptions) that is likely to stall amid changes in the structure, number and typology of employers sealing such contracts, while the private insurance system is growing, especially as the basic package of state insurance is defined, and insurance offices’ budgets go down,” said Florin Ioan Balanica, general manager of Medcenter.

The company operates clinics both in and outside Bucharest and for 2011 has budgeted investments worth around 7m euros, materialising in imaging services for Iasi and Constanta clinics at first and the development of centres including surgery and one-day hospitalisation rooms.

On medium term, the company’s plans also include a private hospital.