Dubai's Aster DM Healthcare in $245 mln Saudi hospital investment

Monday, October 19, 2015

Aster DM Healthcare, a Dubai-based healthcare company, has bought an additional 57 percent stake in a hospital in Riyadh for 900 million dirhams ($245 million), it said on Sunday.

The investment in Sanad Hospital, which brings Aster DM Healthcare's total ownership stake to 97 percent, means it now has six hospitals in the Gulf Arab region, the statement said.

In addition to Aster DM Healthcare's footprint in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), it also has operations in India, Jordan and Philippines. It has five greenfield projects underway in the GCC including a new hospital in Qatar and three in the United Arab Emirates, the statement added.

 

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