Private healthcare group Mediclinic International and investment holding company Remgro completed the acquisition of a minority stake in Spire Healthcare Group, the second largest provider of private healthcare in the United Kingdom. "We identified the opportunity to acquire a meaningful holding in Spire Healthcare and can now realise it with the facilitation by Remgro. We are investing in a growing developed market while also diversifying into an attractive new geography with a strong currency. Both Mediclinic and Spire Healthcare will benefit from collaboration through the sharing of knowledge and experience and improving cost synergies and efficiencies," Danie Meintjes, Mediclinic International CEO.