Brookfield’s Healthscope deal leaves a sick feeling

Jemima WhyteSenior reporter

Sep 5, 2024 – 8.12pm

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The bidding war for Healthscope, Australia’s second-biggest hospital group, lasted months.

But when its fate was decided in May 2019, it took just 19 minutes for shareholders to overwhelmingly approve Brookfield’s $4.1 billion cash bid.

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