A NEW 300 BED TEACHING HOSPITAL TO COME UP IN AJMAN

His Highness Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi praised the efforts of Thumbay

Group UAE for planning to establish Gulf Medical University Hospital in Al Jarf Ajman.

According the details given by Thumbay Moideen, Founder President of Thumbay

Group UAE, the construction of the new GMU Hospital will begin this November and is

expected to be completed by 2017/18.  I am thankful to His Highness for encouraging

us to expand our facilities and services to offer high quality healthcare and education in

the region said Moideen.

“We are confident that the new hospital, to be constructed within the university campus

will become a leading name in healthcare in the region. Our chain of hospitals aims to

be the leading network of academic hospitals in the Middle East. The main focus is to

provide patient centered care of the highest quality in an academic set up”, said

Thumbay Moideen. With established hospitals in Dubai, Ajman, Sharjah, and Fujairah,

the group has recently launched Thumbay Clinics in Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al

Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah.

The GMU Hospital, a state of the art, purpose built 300 beds facility will be the teaching

hospital of Gulf Medical University. The hospital will be equipped with modern

infrastructure and will focus on medical tourism also. Constructed over 3,20,000 square

feet area, in four floors, and with over 120 clinics, the hospital will feature a special

robotic pharmacy, a first of its kind in the region, and will have tertiary care facilities. The

hospital will also have a full-fledged radiology department with PET-CT scan, a first of

its kind in northern emirates. With ultramodern facilities, the management aims at

providing high quality healthcare services at very affordable cost. The state of the art

laboratory will be connected to CABRI (Center for Advanced Biomedical Research and

Innovation) via an unmanned chute, to offer highly specialized tests and diagnostic

facilities.

NEW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER TO COME UP ON

CAMPUS:

Plans are made to construct a dedicated Dental Hospital with over 50 chairs, to teach

and train students from College of Dentistry. Spanning over 30,000 sq. feet and hosted

in three floors, the dental hospital will have all specialties under one roof.

A hi-tech Rehabilitation center will have physical therapy, speech & hearing and

occupational therapy specialties, and sports medicine, with state of the art laboratories

including GAIT Analysis lab. The center will be constructed in three floors with an area

of 30,000 square feet. The center will train the physical therapy students of the

university.

The dental and rehabilitation centers are expected to be ready by September 2016.

The new GMU Hospital, which is going to be the largest private hospital in Northern

Emirates, is being established as a brand providing quality care to patients from all over

the region. The hospital is a part of Thumbay Group and GMC Hospitals and will be the

teaching hospital for Gulf Medical University Ajman. GMU Hospital will bring together

highly skilled professional and the latest advancements in medical technology. “Our

goal is to build lasting relationship with people. We believe that the healing process is

as much about personal care as medical attention. At Thumbay Hospitals we unite

exceptional clinical success rates and superior technology with traditional care and

warmth, as we truly believe the world is our extended family” says Akbar Moideen

Thumbay, Director Healthcare and Retail of Thumbay Group UAE. 

GMU Hospital will lay special emphasis on medical tourism. Along with all other group

hospitals, GMU Hospital will also play an important role in offering tertiary care services

to medical tourists. The International Medical Tourism department of Thumbay

Hospitals aims to cater to an extensive number of patients and be known as the

preferred hospital for medical tourism in UAE. As part of the strategic plans, Thumbay

Group is planning to open representative offices in 20 countries to educate people

about medical facilities and services at all Thumbay Hospitals in UAE. We expect to

have about 1000 patients as medical tourists per day in the next 5 – 6 years. It is

ambitious but achievable, says an optimistic Akbar Moideen Thumbay.