(BUSINESS WIRE) -- EASE South Africa has secured its first international lender to expand a revolutionary new model that provides clinics and hospitals with access to high-end medical equipment. EASE installs state-of-the-art PET-CT and MRI scanners, surgical robots, and other high-value machines with healthcare providers across South Africa.

The approach allows hospitals and clinics to pay on a per-scan or per-event basis, aligning their costs with revenue. Standard Bank is the first international lender to fund this innovative model.

The initiative is already making an impact, with installations of a surgical robot in one South African metropolitan hospital and a PET-CT scanner in another densely populated underserved region.

Without the burden of heavy upfront equipment costs, a longstanding barrier for many healthcare centres in accessing the latest technology, capital is freed up for priorities such as increasing hospital beds and nursing staff. A first- ... Read more »