Healthcare providers in Mideast and Africa to spend US$4.4bn on IT this year - Gartner

Healthcare providers in the Middle East and Africa will increase their IT spending by 3.8pc this year to US$4.4bn compared to 2012 revenues of US$4.3bn, Gartner, Inc, has forecast.
This forecast encompasses spending by healthcare providers, which includes hospitals and hospital systems, as wel
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Mahtani Sued over Luxury Hospital Project

Rajan Mahtani, the controversial multi-millionaire financier of the ruling Patriotic Front party, is being sued by a South African lending institution over a failed project to build a luxury medical care center near the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka.
Max Healthcare, South African firm tie up for nursing course

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd today said it has tied up with South Africa's hospital group Life Health Care for imparting a one-year nursing course.
Max Institute of Medical Excellence (MIME), a part of Max Healthcare, has collaborated with Life Health Care for a
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Britain launches DRC medical programme

Britain is to launch a $271 million five-year healthcare programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo which it hopes will reach six million people, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced on Tuesday.
The $271 million (£179 million, 211 million euros) fund will provide essential healthcare in an effort to bring peace,