Ramsay Health Care

Ramsay Health Care
Industry Health
Founder Paul Ramsay
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Number of locations
 221
Area served
 Australia, United Kingdom, France, Indonesia, Malaysia
Services Health care
Number of employees
 30,000 +
Website www.ramsayhealth.com

Ramsay Health Care is a provider of private healthcare in the UK, Australia, France, Indonesia and Malaysia founded by Paul Ramsay. It was established in Sydney, Australia in 1964.[1] The company specialises in surgery, rehabilitation and psychiatric care.

Australia

Ramsay Health Care is the largest private provider of hospitals in Australia with more than 100 health facilities in operation.[2] The company is competing for a tender for the design, construction and management of a new 423-bed hospital on Sydney's Northern Beaches with the country's other large private health provider Healthscope.[3] It owns and operates the Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital which was opened on 4 November 2013.[4]

Malaysia

Paul Ramsay signed a joint venture in March 2013 with Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby to combine Ramsay’s three Indonesian hospitals with Sime’s three in Malaysia, with plans to expand throughout Southeast Asia.[5]

United Kingdom

Ramsay Health Care UK - a network of 22 private UK hospitals, 9 treatment centres and 3 neurological units, offering a range of treatments from hip replacements to knee replacement surgery and cosmetic surgery to weight loss surgery. It provides a number of Independent sector treatment centres for the English NHS. In 2007, Capio was acquired by Ramsay Health Care.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Philips, Deborah; Garry Whannel (2013). The Trojan Horse: The Growth of Commercial Sponsorship. A&C Black. pp. 247–248. ISBN 1472508386. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Buckis, Claire (2005). Nursing: NSW/ACT. Career FAQs. p. 24. ISBN 1921106093. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ramsay lines up against Healthscope". Sidney Morning Herald. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "About Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital". Ramsay Health Care. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Aussie Entrepreneurs Love The Lure Of Asia's Thriving Middle Class". Forbes Asia. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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