Netcare reports partial recovery as it eyes third-wave threat
22 April 2021 - 09:11
UPDATED 22 April 2021 - 13:31
Netcare, SA’s third-largest private hospital operator by market value, says a more severe second wave of Covid-19 weighed on its first-half core profit as patients stayed away and deferred non-urgent surgeries.
SA hospital groups remain cautious as numerous countries battle with a third wave of Covid-19, while locally the pace of the vaccine rollout and the efficacy of vaccines against new variants are also in question. ..
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