Life Healthcare Group, formerly Afrox Healthcare, is the second largest private hospital operator in

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, with 6,500 beds. It is also the largest

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-owned hospital operator in South Africa. Afrox was traded on the

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until it was sold to Business Venture Investments Limited (Bidco), a black empowerment group, in 2005. It bought Alliance Medical for about 10.4 billion rand in November 2016.

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