UAE-based Thumbay Builders has signed a deal to develop several major projects for the Gulf Medical University (GMU) in the emirate of Ajman and help expand its healthcare facilities.

A high-end general construction company operated by the construction and renovation division of Thumbay Group, it will be setting up these facilities for Thumbay healthcare division.
 
The upcoming projects include a Thumbay Hospital with 300-plus beds which will be constructed over an area of 356,000 sq ft, a dental hospital spread over an area of 37,000 sq ft and a rehabilitation centre to be constructed over 27,000 sq m area, all within the GMU campus.

The facility, once complete, will be the biggest private academic hospital in the Middle East region, said
Thumbay Moideen, the founder president, at the signing ceremony.

"With these projects, the group will cement its position as the largest private academic healthcare provider in the region. In addition to being the teaching hospital of Gulf Medical University, the new facility will have ultramodern facilities, and will uphold Thumbay Group’s tradition of providing high quality healthcare services at affordable costs," he stated.

Also, a housing project which includes a hotel, separate hostels for boys and girls and staff accommodation over an area of 760,000 sq ft is expected to be complete in two years, he added.

According to him, the housing project will provide campus living facilities for students and faculty of GMU, and it will have studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom furnished apartments.

An office tower to be built over a 35,000-sq-ft area and a 25,000-sq-ft hospitality project incorporating The Terrace Restaurant, Body & Soul Health Club & Spa and Blends & Brews Coffee Shoppe are other upcoming projects in the GMU campus, and are expected to be completed in nine months.

In addition, Thumbay Builders will also be involved in the 100,000-sq-ft expansion project at Thumbay Hospital – Dubai, expansion of the hospital’s outpatient department (15,000 sq ft) and the construction of Thumbay head office, over 40,000 sq ft. These projects are to be completed in 18 months, said Moideen.

The total area of the projects add up to around 1.4 million sq ft and they are estimated to be completed at a total cost of around Dh600 million ($163 million).

Akram Moideen Thumbay, the director operations (Construction and Renovation) at Thumbay Group, said that Thumbay Builders was all set to start the projects and complete them as per schedule.

"We are proud to partner with the group’s new projects which would redraw the healthcare map of the region,” he added.-TradeArabia News Service