Healthcare Investment Evolution

1. The demand of healthcare services expected to grow contiguously with Egypt requiring and additional 26.000 beds (at 1.5 beds / 1,000 population )within a investment of $6 billion to 9 billion.

2. It further.Requires about 76000 at ( 1.5 beds / 1,000 population) beds, with new investment of $ 16 billion to $ 21 billion by 2020 while the demand is expected to pick up 102.000 additional beds (an investment of $22 to $35 billion) to 178.00new beds (an investment of $38 billion to $60 billion) by 2050.

3. The government is expected to encourage the private sector to take a leading role in providing healthcare services, as the public-sector struggles to keep pace with the burgeoning population’s healthcare demand.

Keeping the current economic scenario in mind, the government is expected to look at PPPs as way of funding the surging healthcare demand, which offers the private sector, both locally and internationally, an opportunity to enter into Egypt’s lucrative healthcare sector. While market matures, expects investors to look beyond traditional funding as debt and equity, to explore emerging options, such as OPCO / PROPCO, or a joint venture (JV) with an investor and REITs.