By AirClad & Hospital in a Box
Access to medical infrastructure remains critically unequal across the globe, a challenge that cuts across both developing and developed nations, and one that conflict is making harder to solve.
In response to this urgent need we propose an innovative strategy that combines two proven business models into a single, unified strategy – MED X – aimed at closing the gap where it matters most.
The founders of AirClad and Hospital in a Box are partnering to combine their solutions – deployable modular structure technology and engineering with fully equipped medical capability – creating a scalable, rapidly deployable healthcare solution for the communities that need it most.
Permanent or temporary deployments, providing instant medical care solutions.
MED X represents a revolutionary turnkey solution, employing AirClad’s modular structure technology to create premium, rapidly deployable medical structures that cater to both immediate and long-term healthcare infrastructure needs.
These structures are designed to house a comprehensive array of medical facilities, including emergency departments, intensive care units, operating theatres, women’s health services, and general wards (open, private, and ensuite), along with other essential facilities such as receptions, bathrooms, pharmacies, and utilities.
Engineered to perform in all environments, MED X buildings are even suited for deployment in emergency and conflict zones, where an immediate solution is required, and in response to growing healthcare demands resulting from increasing populations in developed countries.
Modularity is at the heart of our products. Simply add bays to extend your structure by 2.5m at a time, with no limit to how big you can build.
HIAB was founded to address one of healthcare’s greatest challenges: delivering high-quality medical infrastructure quickly, wherever it is needed.
Recognising the global disparity in healthcare access, Matthew Griffin developed a modular, scalable solution that can be adapted to the needs of different communities, regardless of geography or resources.
Today, HIAB provides a range of deployable healthcare solutions, from emergency response facilities and mobile clinics to fully equipped hospital environments. Every project is designed to deliver safe, compliant, and effective healthcare infrastructure where conventional construction may be too slow, costly, or impractical.
Creating flexible, scalable and sustainable healthcare infrastructure for the future.
Driven by a commitment to accessibility, quality, and innovation, HIAB has helped set new standards for rapidly deployable healthcare facilities. Its solutions have been recognised by healthcare professionals, humanitarian organisations, and industry leaders for their ability to address complex healthcare challenges in diverse environments.
The partnership between HIAB and AirClad through MED X represents the next evolution of this vision, combining advanced modular building technology with proven healthcare expertise to create flexible, scalable and sustainable healthcare infrastructure for the future.
When Nick Crosbie first met Matthew in 2018 at the Union Jack Club in London, both were already working independently for Snoozebox PLC, a business focused on containerised accommodation systems designed for rapid global deployment.
While Snoozebox had identified opportunities within military and medical infrastructure, Crosbie was already exploring how AirClad’s modular technologies could overcome the limitations of traditional container systems. Fixed dimensions, transport costs and logistical constraints restricted where containers could be deployed and how they could evolve.
Working with Snoozebox, Crosbie developed rapidly deployable accommodation systems using AirClad technology. Unlike conventional containers, the modular approach functioned more like a construction kit, offering greater flexibility in scale, layout and appearance across a range of applications.
At the same time, Matthew was developing healthcare solutions based on modular infrastructure. Through their discussions, it became clear that AirClad’s adaptable structures and Hospital in a Box’s healthcare expertise could be combined to create something entirely new.
The idea was simple: if Hospital in a Box could deliver compliant healthcare systems into almost any environment, and AirClad could create high-quality structures virtually anywhere, together they could deliver healthcare facilities wherever they were needed.
That conversation became the foundation of MED X.
Over the following years, Crosbie and Matthew refined the concept, developing a scalable healthcare infrastructure platform capable of meeting clinical standards while remaining flexible, reusable and economically sustainable. The system combines a modular structural grid with integrated healthcare infrastructure, allowing facilities to be rapidly deployed, expanded, reconfigured or relocated as demand changes.
A key part of the model is flexibility. Rather than requiring healthcare providers to purchase facilities outright, MED X can be delivered through short, medium or long-term lease arrangements, making deployment faster and more financially accessible.
The arrival of COVID helped sharpen the vision. While many temporary structure providers repositioned themselves as emergency healthcare solutions, MED X was never intended to be a temporary tent or short-term fix. The ambition was to create a premium-quality healthcare environment and a credible alternative to conventional construction.
Today, MED X offers a sustainable approach to healthcare infrastructure. Engineered to permanent-building standards, the structures can be reconfigured, relocated and reused, providing healthcare providers with adaptable facilities that evolve alongside changing operational needs.
What began as an unlikely meeting between Matthew and Crosbie at the Union Jack Club has evolved into a shared mission to deliver sustainable healthcare infrastructure through Med X.
Importantly, the vision extends beyond the product itself. By combining the system with flexible investment models, where facilities can be leased over the short, medium or long term rather than purchased outright, Med X offers healthcare providers a smarter and more adaptable way to meet the changing needs and expectations of modern healthcare services.
Interested in delivering healthcare infrastructure to regions and communities in need?
