SINGAPORE -- IHH Healthcare, already one of the world's biggest hospital operators, is bent on expansion. As it builds up its global bed count, the Malaysia-based company believes its experience in multiethnic Southeast Asian markets will serve it well.
Intan Airani Rahman, fourth from left, stands with colleagues at the IHH-owned Acibadem Maslak Hospital in Istanbul. Intan Airani Rahman, a 22-year-old Malaysian nurse, starts her morning rounds by greeting patients and asking them how they are doing -- in Turkish.
