Sector: Health Care
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Life Healthcare's (JSE:LHC) 49 acute hospitals are found in the Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape and Botswana.
Life Healthcare in numbers
9,136 registered beds
41 emergency units
38 maternity units
13 cardiac units
Seven dedicated acute rehabilitation units at Life Rehabilitation
Nine dedicated acute mental health facilities at Life Mental Health
26 renal dialysis units offering 329 renal stations at Life Renal Dialysis
Three Novalis Tx/Varian Trubeam radiotherapy units through Life Oncology
Out-of-hospital services
Life Employee Health Solutions (EHS) supports 391 clinics and cares for 593 671 employees.
Life Esidimeni is a fully owned subsidiary of the Life Healthcare Group with 10 facilities (2 934 beds). Two of these facilities are NGOs in partnership with the Department of Social Development.
Life College of Learning has seven learning centres across South Africa, in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. One thousand students are trained in nursing and healthcare sciences every year.
International business
The Group's international business is made up of its investment in:
Alliance Medical, one of Western Europe 2019s leading providers of complex molecular and diagnostic imaging services across the United Kingdom, Italy and Ireland, with participation in ten geographies.
Scanmed SA, a provider of primary care, ambulatory care and acute care services in Poland.
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Life Healthcare said on Tuesday that its Southern African operation was hit by a cyberattack affecting its admissions systems, business processing systems and e-mail servers.
2020-06-09 07:36 +02:00
About two weeks ago, Praekelt.org, a non-profit foundation that runs a WhatsApp service on maternal well-being for South Africa’s health department, proposed setting up a similar programme to keep people informed about the coronavirus.
2020-03-23 06:22 +02:00
South Africa`s Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose by 5% compared to the same period a year ago, although earnings dipped 15%.
2021-01-27South Africa`s cases of COVID-19 crossed 300,000 on Wednesday, the most in Africa and among the 10 highest in the world.
2020-07-16
South Africa`s cases of COVID-19 were set to reach 300,000 on Wednesday, the most in Africa and in the top 10 in the world, despite a swiftly imposed lockdown aimed at preventing infections spiralling as they did in the West.
2020-07-15
South Africa`s Life Healthcare said on Tuesday its southern African operation was hit by a cyber attack affecting its admissions systems, business processing systems and email servers, but is yet to determine the extent to which data has been compromised.
2020-06-09
South Africa`s Netcare has scrapped its 2020 outlook, suspended spending on projects and share buybacks, and may need to review its dividend policy due to the impact of coronavirus, the private hospital company said on Monday.
2020-03-30
South Africa`s Netcare Ltd said on Monday its first-half results for 2020 would take a hit from hospital network arrangements and reported higher full-year headline earnings per share, in line with its forecast.
2019-11-18South Africa published its draft National Health Insurance (NHI) bill on Thursday, with one senior official estimating universal healthcare for millions of poorer citizens would cost about 256 billion rand ($16.89 billion) to implement by 2022.
2019-08-08
* To pay interim dividend of 40 cents per share, up 5.3% (Adds details)
2019-05-30
South Africa`s Life Healthcare said on Wednesday half-year earnings could fall as much as 55 percent due to costs related to the disposal of its stake in India`s Max Healthcare, impairments and other investments.
2019-04-24
South African private healthcare provider Life Healthcare reported on Friday a 40.6 percent jump in full-year earnings, helped by strong overall performance of its businesses.
2018-11-23
