Wall Street's $10 billion India hospital bet sparks a fight over bills
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- ✓Wall Street investors poured $10 billion into Indian hospital chains over the past five years.
- ✓While this capital helped build new facilities, it sparked a fight over rising patient bills.
- ✓Joseph Benaven said, "Increasingly, hospitals are judged by return on capital and revenue per occupied bed." Tensions remain high today.
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- Economic Times
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- India Economy
Wall Street has poured about $10 billion into Indian hospital chains over the past five years, with investors including Blackstone, KKR, TPG and General Atlantic betting on India's huge shortage of hospital beds and rising demand for specialised care.
Wall Street came to India chasing one of the world's greatest hospital growth stories. It found something else too: a fight over who will pick up the bill.
Blackstone, KKR, TPG, General Atlantic and other global investors have spent about $10 billion buying stakes in Indian hospital chains over the past five years, according to data compiled by EY. That influx of capital has helped finance new facilities, expensive technology and a wave of consolidation in a country desperately short of hospital beds. It's also made India one of the world's most active markets for private-equity-driven hospital consolidation. Although PE-backed operators account for less than 5% of the country's hospital beds, they command a presence in high-margin specialties such as cardiac surgery and cancer care.
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