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作者：游客 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
Friday, October 22, 2004
US venture opens 2nd mainland hospital
MARK O'NEILL in Shanghai
An American entrepreneur who arrived in China in 1979 to sell medical equipment has succeeded where the most powerful businessman in Taiwan has failed.
Roberta Lipson yesterday opened her second joint venture hospital in China, in the Changning district of Shanghai, and has signed a letter of intent to build a third, in Xiamen.
"We have a good track record in China and many cities have sought us out to build a hospital," Ms Lipson said.
Formosa Plastics chairman Wang Yung-ching, by contrast, has failed in his US$500 million plan to build four general hospitals, in Beijing, Shanghai, Fuzhou and Xiamen, each with 2,000 to 5,000 beds, despite his billions of dollars in China investments and privileged access to the leadership.
Ms Lipson's 50-bed, US$10 million Shanghai United Family Hospital is 70 per cent owned by Nasdaq-listed Chindex International, of which she is chief executive, and 30 per cent by Changning District central hospital.
"This facility involved 150 approvals," said Andrew Nevin, general manager of its sister facility, Beijing United Family Hospital, which opened in September 1997.
"We have signed a letter of intent for a hospital in Xiamen and are looking at Guangzhou, Dalian and Qingdao. Earlier this year, we raised US$13.5 million from an equity issue, which will go to our three divisions and will be enough for the Xiamen facility."
Yesterday's opening ceremony was attended by Shanghai officials, US ambassador Clark Randt and Robert Ehrlich, governor of Maryland, the US state in which Chindex is incorporated.
"But for Sars we would have opened this a year earlier," Ms Lipson said. "The outbreak caused us to re-think the design, especially the section for infectious diseases.
She founded Chindex in 1981 to sell imported medical equipment. It has since grown into a company with annual revenues of US$70 million and three divisions - equipment, healthcare products and hospitals.
Her two facilities are among a handful of joint venture hospitals in China approved by the government. The biggest joint venture hospital in Beijing is 70 per cent owned by the SK Group of South Korea, which opened late last year. It focuses on cosmetology and plastic surgery.
The most famous failure is the Toronto International Hospital in Beijing, involving investment of US$60 million by Canadian and Chinese partners. The structure was built but the original Canadian partner pulled out, leaving the project in a quagmire of debts and legal disputes.
Mr Wang failed to win approval for his hospitals because he demanded 100 per cent control - the legal maximum is 70 per cent - and because they are too large.
"They would challenge the whole public healthcare system and lure away many of the best staff," said one Shanghai doctor. "His demands make the authorities nervous. The United Family hospitals are small."
The medical market for foreigners and wealthy Chinese is enormous. Wary of Chinese hospitals, thousands of foreigners still fly to Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and elsewhere for major treatment.
"The Chinese are very proud of their system and feel that they can provide adequate care for foreigners," said Michael Moreton, a gynaecologist at Beijing United. "But healthcare is very conservative and slow to change."
作者：游客 在 海归商务 发贴, 来自【海归网】 http://www.haiguinet.com
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