October 23 (SeeNews) - Romanian private healthcare services provider Regina Maria said on Wednesday it has taken over the Gastro Center clinic in Craiova and the Biostandard laboratory network, with units in Bihor and Maramures.
With these deals Regina Maria has reached 30 purchases in Romania distributed in more than 20 counties, it said in a press release.
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"These two acquisitions take place at a very appropriate moment for the expansion strategy of Regina Maria. Gastro Center is a center of excellence that strengthens our position in Craiova, a key point on our development map, while Biostandard Laboratorie is a landmark in the laboratory analysis field in the northwestern part of the country," Regina Maria CEO Fady Chreih said.
The value of the acquisitions was not disclosed.
Regina Maria is already present in Craiova through three own faclities - the Center for Labour Medicine, the Central Polyclinic and the University Polyclinic.
Founded in 2012, the Gastro Center clinic has a team of 17 doctors and offers a wide spectrum of diagnostic and treatment procedures in gastroenterology and hepatology.
The Biostandard Laboratories Group posted a turnover of 1.5 million euro ($1.67 million) in 2018 and offers biochemistry, hematology, immunology, microbiology and molecular biology checks.
The Biostandard group comprises three laboratories - in Oradea, Baia Mare and Beiuș, and four collection points, of which three in Oradea and one in Sighetul Marmatiei. The group has with a team of over 30 specialists, collaborates with more than 20 clinics at the regional level and serves about 450 patients daily.
Regina Maria has more than 6,000 employees and collaborators in its 64 locations in Romania, offering complete hospitalization and surgery, maternity, polyclinic, imaging, laboratory and stem cell storage services to some 3 million patients.
Earlier this month, Regina Maria said it has completed the acquisition of Materna Care, which operates Premiere Hospital in Timisoara, western Romania.
($ = 0.8996 euro)