South Africa's Netcare posts 62% drop in half-year profit

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest healthcare service provider Netcare on Monday reported a 61.9% drop in profit for the six months to March 31.

Adjusted headline earnings per share (HEPS), the main profit measure for South African companies, fell to 27.3 rand from 71.7 rand in the same period a year earlier.

(Reporting by Promit Mukherjee; Editing by David Goodman)