Last weekend a Chinese health and pharmaceutical company paid $938 million to buy Australia’s third largest private hospital operator, Healthe Care. They want more than just to own Australian health services and expertise – they want to export them.

This points to a little talked about success that Australia is enjoying internationally – as leaders and exporters of health and care know-how.
 
For example, the Australian architectural firm, Thomson Adsett, is the leader in hospital and aged care design in Asia with projects like Singapore General Hospital and multiple projects in China such as Wuxi International Health City with 2,200 residential apartments, a 1400-bed international hospital and a 600-bed elderly care and mental health facility.
 
The Victorian not-for-profit home care operator RDNS (Royal District Nursing Service) has signed a major joint venture agreement with China’s Zhongshan College to develop and operate an aged care facility in Jiangsu Province, north of Shanghai. It will include 1,500 integrated care places, a 400 bed hospital and links to the college’s education faculty.
 
Melbourne retirement village consultants, Independent Management Group, has been contracted to lead the development of a 9,000 unit development in north-east China.
 
Retirement village operator Aveo is just completing the development of a 2,500 unit village in Shanghai with local Chinese partners.
 
Ramsay Health Care is the largest private hospital group in France with 115 facilities (101 hospitals). It has over 23,000 staff; cares for over 1.5 million patients; delivers close to 30,000 babies and sees over 400,000 emergency department presentations each year. It is a leader in mental health care with over 30 dedicated facilities across the country.

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