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MD MEDICAL GROUP REPORTS OPERATIONAL RESULTS FOR Q3 2018

22 October 2018, Moscow - MD Medical Group Investments Plc ("MD Medical Group", "MDMG" or the "Company" - LSE: MDMG), a leading Russian private healthcare provider, today announces its operating results for the third quarter of 2018.

Key operational highlights for Q3 2018:

· Total deliveries increased 7% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 1,957

· Total IVF cycles increased 1% y-o-y to 4,044

· Total in-patient treatments increased 22% y-o-y to 17,774

· Total out-patient treatments increased 6% y-o-y to 392,990

Mark Kurtser, CEO of MD Medical Group, said:

"Our operational performance demonstrates the sustainable development of our business with continued potential for further growth. We maintained the positive trends in deliveries, which grew 7% year-on-year in Q3 2018 supported by the performance of our regional hospitals. The same factor contributed to the increase in both in-patient and out-patient visits, by 22% and 6% year-on-year respectively. In terms of services offered, thanks to our continued diversification, the Other Medical Services line has proven instrumental in the growth in both in- and out- patient figures. In particular, in-patient treatments in this segment grew by nearly 50% over the reporting period.

"We also continued the successful expansion of our network across the country. In Q3 2018, we entered two new promising markets by opening out-patient clinics in Volgograd and Tula, and started on the construction of our hospital in St Petersburg. These facilities combine our traditional focus on women's health with expanded medical offerings for all family members."

Deliveries

· In Q3 2018, total deliveries increased 7% y-o-y to 1,957.

· In 9M 2018, total deliveries grew 6% y-o-y to 5,439.

· Key growth drivers in Q3 2018 were regional hospitals:

o Deliveries at the Mother&Child Ufa clinical hospital grew 32% y-o-y.

o Deliveries at the Novosibirsk hospital grew 55% y-o-y.

o Ramp up continues at the Mother&Child IDK hospital in Samara, which opened in March 2018. In Q3 2018, there were 137 deliveries at the hospital.

IVF

· In Q3 2018, total IVF cycles increased 1% y-o-y to 4,044.

· In 9M 2018, total IVF cycles decreased 2% y-o-y to 11,885.

· In 9M 2018, like-for-like (LFL) IVF cycles declined by 8% mainly due to some outflow of patients from the existing clinics to the newly-opened hospital in Samara.

· Despite the decline in IVF volumes in 9M 2018, an average check is this segment continued to grow.

In-patient treatments

· In Q3 2018, total in-patient treatments grew 22% y-o-y to 17,774 on the back of:

o a 28% increase in paediatric in-patient treatments.

o a 47% increase in in-patient days using other medical services driven by surgery and internal medicine.

· In 9M 2018, total in-patient treatments grew 17% y-o-y to 52,317. Key drivers included the continued ramp-up of the hospitals in Ufa, Novosibirsk and the continued ramp-up in Samara. 

· In 9M 2018, LFL in-patient treatments increased 4% y-o-y to 46,619. 

Out-patient treatments

· In Q3 2018, the total number of out-patient treatments increased 6% y-o-y to 392,990, driven by:

o a 3% increase in OBGYN out-patient treatments.

o a 16% increase in other medical services.

o The highest growth in Q3 2018 was recorded by regional hospitals.

· In 9M 2018, the total number of out-patient treatments increased 6% y-o-y to 1,179,166.

· In 9M 2018, LFL out-patient treatments increased 2% y-o-y to 1,127,594. 

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About MD Medical Group

MD Medical Group is a leading provider in the highly attractive Russian private healthcare service market. The company manages 39 modern healthcare facilities, including 5 hospitals and 34 out-patient clinics in Moscow and the Moscow Region, Tula, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Perm, Samara and the Samara Region, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Kostroma, Novokuznetsk, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, Barnaul, Vladimir, Tyumen, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, and Volgograd.

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