A nurse tends to a boy who has undergone cataract surgery in a hospital in Suining in Sichuan Province. Private hospitals, especially those focusing on conditions considered as “minor specialities”, such as eye diseases, are predicted to enjoy strong profit growth in the next few years, according to fresh research. . Photo: Getty Images A nurse tends to a boy who has undergone cataract surgery in a hospital in Suining in Sichuan Province. Private hospitals, especially those focusing on conditions considered as “minor specialities”, such as eye diseases, are predicted to enjoy strong profit growth in the next few years, according to fresh research. . Photo: Getty Images
A nurse tends to a boy who has undergone cataract surgery in a hospital in Suining in Sichuan Province. Private hospitals, especially those focusing on conditions considered as “minor specialities”, such as eye diseases, are predicted to enjoy strong profit growth in the next few years, according to fresh research. . Photo: Getty Images
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Private Chinese speciality hospitals and clinical labs set to profit from health care reforms

Country now has highest growth rate of any elderly population in the world, with the number of people over 60 set to rise by 90pc to 240 million by 2020

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Viola Zhou
Viola Zhou

Updated: 8:46pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A nurse tends to a boy who has undergone cataract surgery in a hospital in Suining in Sichuan Province. Private hospitals, especially those focusing on conditions considered as “minor specialities”, such as eye diseases, are predicted to enjoy strong profit growth in the next few years, according to fresh research. . Photo: Getty Images A nurse tends to a boy who has undergone cataract surgery in a hospital in Suining in Sichuan Province. Private hospitals, especially those focusing on conditions considered as “minor specialities”, such as eye diseases, are predicted to enjoy strong profit growth in the next few years, according to fresh research. . Photo: Getty Images
A nurse tends to a boy who has undergone cataract surgery in a hospital in Suining in Sichuan Province. Private hospitals, especially those focusing on conditions considered as “minor specialities”, such as eye diseases, are predicted to enjoy strong profit growth in the next few years, according to fresh research. . Photo: Getty Images
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