Brain Hospital SRL intends to take over the activity of the neurosurgery, orthopedics and otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat – ENT) departments and partly the outpatient medical services operated at Monza Hospital, while Roho Medical Investments intends to take over the activity of the cardiology and partly the outpatient departments of Monza Hospital.
Brain Hospital is a company that provides hospital support services.
Roho Medical Investments, which deals with the activities of the holding companies, is the parent company of the group known as “ARES Centers of Excellence”, which provides medical services.
Centrul Medical Policlinico Di Monza currently operates two hospitals in Bucharest, Monza Hospital and Metropolitan Hospital, where it provides various hospital and outpatient medical services.
Following the analysis, the Competition Council found that the two operations do not significantly impede effective competition on the Romanian market or on a substantial part of it and that there are no serious doubts as to its compatibility with a normal competitive environment.
The decisions will be published on the Romanian Competition Council’s website after the removal of confidential information.
Ares centers, specialized in interventional cardiology and acquired in 2019 by US private investment firm Highlander Partners, ended 2022 with a turnover of EUR17.6 million and expect to overshoot the EUR20 million turnover mark in 2023.
Brain Institute started its activity in 2013, within the Monza Hospital, developed as a neurosurgery center, rhino-neurosurgery and ENT surgery.