Could The City Hospitals Project Be A Bit Of A Turkey?
Executive Summary
As Turkey’s City Hospitals project goes underway, with the first few hospitals already up and running, big medtech players are swooping down to capitalize on this opportunity which promise to boost the Turkish market by up to TRY2bn. However, intense competition, as well as basic problems that had been plaguing companies operating in that country, persists and still needs to be resolved.
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