Mediclinic reports rise in FY underlying earnings

(Reuters) - South Africa's biggest private hospital group, Mediclinic International, reported a 3 percent rise in underlying full-year profit on Wednesday in its first results after taking over London-listed Al Noor Hospitals Group. Mediclinic has expanded outside South Africa with acquisitions, taking stakes in Britain's Spire Healthcare and Switzerland's Hirslanden and completing a reverse takeover of Al Noor in February in order to list in London. Mediclinic said the combined group's revenue