Boston-based Partners HealthCare is taking further steps to expand internationally with a new agreement to help build hospitals in Malta and Ivory Coast, according to a report from The Boston Globe.
Here are six things to know about the health system's plans.
1. Partners has signed agreements with the following organizations, according to the report:
- Vitals Global Healthcare, the subsidiary of a Singapore-based investment company chosen by Malta government officials to redevelop its hospitals. As part of the deal, a London-based medical school, called Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, will also open a medical school campus in Malta.
- Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Ivory Coast, a country in West Africa. Together, the entities will co-develop a teaching hospital, to be located in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
2. In Malta, a Mediterranean nation off the coast of Italy with a population of 420,000, Partners will help upgrade two hospitals and help build a third hospital.
3. In Ivory Coast, Partners will develop programs and train employees to work at the new hospital, Gilbert Mudge, MD, CEO of Partners' international division, told The Boston Globe. That includes programs focused on trauma and HIV.
4. Dr. Mudge also told The Boston Globe the goal of Partners' plans in Malta and Ivory Coast is to improve care and access to medical services. That includes specialized hospital care and primary care.
5. Total revenue the projects are expected to generate was not disclosed by Partners.
6. This is not the first time Partners has pursued international business projects. According to the report, Partners currently has projects in the works in China, India, and Saudi Arabia.
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