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HEALTHY MARGINS: Private hospital groups squeeze earnings from meagre patient growth
South Africa’s two major private hospital groups, Netcare and Life Healthcare, have delivered improved half-year earnings despite a stubbornly muted recovery in hospital volumes, underscoring how the sector is leaning on cost control, tariffs, technology, specialist services and capital discipline to keep profits moving.
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