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Mega healthcare projects still exist - mostly overseas

A blog by Sheila Cahnman on the Healthcare Design website says that the largest healthcare projects are overseas and top out at more than 1,000 beds and 1 million square feet


The largest healthcare projects are overseas — mostly in Asia and the Middle East — and top out at more than 1,000 beds and 1 million square feet, according to a blog by Sheila Cahnman on the Healthcare Design website. Cahnman, vice president, healthcare market sector leader, at Aecom, wrote that government-sponsored healthcare overseas allows for centralized management and funding. Often these countries are catching up due to population growth, replacing obsolete or undersized facilities and transforming from Third World economies. 

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June 5, 2014


Topic Area: Blogs


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