Inside the corporate dash to buy up dentists' offices, veterinary clinics and pharmacies - The Globe and Mail

Fuelled by international private equity funds, consolidating firms have been on a tear in health-professional fields, buying up practices in fields such as veterinary medicine, dental care, optometry and pharmacies and assembling them into chains

Stephen Hughes/The Globe and Mail Jordyn Hewer had a plan: Go to veterinary school, get a decade of experience under his belt and then buy his own practice. The first two steps went off without a h… [+21744 chars]

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