Ramsay Health Care resumes dividends, points to increased admissions
Key Points
- Revenue ($b) 6.6, up 4.1pc from year-earlier 6.5
- EBIT ($m) 583.8 v 609.5
- Net profit ($m) 226 v 258.4
- Interim dividend 48.5c v 62.5c, payable on March 31
Ramsay Health Care chief executive Craig McNally says hospital admissions are starting to bounce back in Australia, and the nation’s largest private hospital operator is ready to help alleviate public system wait lists that have grown around the world due to COVID-19.
Surgical admissions per workday have continued to move higher in December and January, increasing 3.5 per cent and 5.7 per cent, respectively, across its Australian hospitals, showing signs of recovery. Stripping out Victoria, it was even higher at 7.6 per cent in this fresh half.
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