“Bacau is one of the top 20 cities in Romania, one we had not covered and where demand was high,” said Laurentiu Luca, general manager of Synevo Romania.

Synevo recently opened two blood drawing centers in Brasov and Cluj Napoca. It currently operates 18 laboratories and 113 drawing centers in 36 counties.

Synevo Romania is the largest provider of diagnostic services in the country and posted revenues of EUR44.9 million in January-September 2019, up 13.9% on the year.

Swedish-held private medical service provider Medicover is the third largest private healthcare services provider in the country. It reported revenues of EUR89 million in the first nine months of 2019 in Romania, up 34.8% on the year.