** Shares of Australia's Healthco Healthcare Wellness REIT HCW.AX rise 17% to A$0.965
** Stock hits its highest since March 3 and is set for its biggest single-day gain on record
** HCW says it has agreed to partial rent deferments on 11 Healthscope hospitals
** HCW, a satellite fund run by David Di Pilla's HMC Capital HMC.AX says it would defer 15% of the rent due to Healthscope for May-August period until September
** HCW adds it has received expressions of interest from alternative hospital operators to re-tenant the facilities
** HMC stock up 0.8%
** HCW down 7.6% YTD
(Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru)
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