“It was a year of improvement in services, in operations we developed over time. We only pursued organic development, by increasing the number of collection centers and improving the range of services for our patients. It was the highest growth of our collection center network and there was also an increase in the number of patients and services,” Laurentiu Luca, general manager of Synevo, told ZF.
The operator currently covers 28 counties and plans to expand the coverage to the entire country. This year’s expansion plan includes Bistrita and Targu-Mures, where it has no collection centers, and expansion of the network in Bucharest and Ploiesti.
“We want national coverage; this is a target we set. The intention is to have all counties covered by at least one collection center in a short time, a year or two.”
The Synevo official added it was hard to estimate how many collection points would open this year, because changes of the structures that authorize such openings led to an increase in the waiting time for the necessary permits. Development will probably continue at the same rate as last year, about 15 new collection centers, Luca said.
Synevo served about 2.7 million patients last year, 17% more than in 2016. It is part of the Swedish-held Medicover group, the third largest on the local private medical service market, which posted EUR73.8 million revenue last year. Synevo accounts for 62% of the group’s revenue in Romania, ZF has calculated.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)