Columbia Asia is looking for joint ventures with other enterprises that have an interest in the booming Asian healthcare market.

The emerging middle-income group in India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam is generating a huge demand for quality medical care.

India's private healthcare system generates about $34 billion a year and is growing 16 percent annually. The country's 1.1 billion people account for one-sixth of the world's population, and India is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2030.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam also have some of the fastest growing economies in the world. Each country has a multibillion-dollar private healthcare market, with a middle-income group that is greatly underserved.

All of Columbia Asia's facilities are expected to operate around full capacity, though the demand in these countries will continue to grow. We expect each new hospital to create positive cash flow within 12-18 months of opening.

For a fraction of what it costs for care in many Western countries, employers can provide branded quality care to workers and their families.

Large business operations may be in need of co-location opportunities to provide quality health care to their employees and attract a healthy workforce.

We are open to partnerships ranging from real estate to employee care.

Some of our current ventures:

• Our Gleni International Hospital in Medan, Indonesia includes a nursing school that will help meet the need for an additional 7,000 nurses at our hospitals and other healthcare facilities over the next few years. We will own the hospital through a partnership with the Employee Provident Fund of Malaysia.
• In Vietnam one of our larger customers is Tokyo Fire and Marine, which insures Japanese expatriates.
• Under a contract with the new Bangalore International Airport, we developed and now operate a healthcare clinic for airport travelers.

To inquire with us, our U.S. contact is Andrew Zins, based in Seattle, who can be reached by e-mail here. For inquiries in Asia, please contact Nur Saidah here.