Thumbay plans biggest private academic hospital in Ajman
DUBAI, January 19, 2016
Dubai-based Thumbay Group has announced a major drive to expand its healthcare operations globally as well as in the UAE by building the biggest private academic hospital in the region.
This project is expected to be completed at a rapid pace and become operational in a record time of 15 months, said a statement.
Thumbay Moideen, the founder president of Thumbay Group announced the strategic plan of the group to open 15 more hospitals in the next five years.
The group also plans to add a chain of Thumbay Eye Hospitals and Thumbay Fertility Centres shortly, as part of the strategic plan, it said.
Plans are also afoot to open 25 more Thumbay labs, 100 more Thumbay pharmacies, 25 outlets of Nutri Plus Vita, 25 outlets of Zo & Mo Opticals and three more university campuses in Ghana, Malaysia and India, by the end of 2020.
With the completion of these projects, the group will employ 6,000 people in the next two years, which will reach 15,000 employees by the end of 2020. The total investment of the expansion project is valued at more than Dh1.2 billon ($326.7 million).
The new 400-bed teaching hospital, a 60-chair dental hospital and a hi-tech rehabilitation centre are coming up in the campus of Gulf Medical University in Al Jurf, Ajman.
These new projects, once operational, will add to the training and research facilities of students of the various colleges under Gulf Medical University which is on the fast-track to emerging as a research and innovation based medical university in the region, said the statement.
The new hospital which is expected to be completed by 2017-18, will be the biggest private academic hospital in the region.
It will be constructed over 3.2 million-sq-ft 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 quaternary care facilities.
The hospital will also have a full-fledged radiology department with PET-CT scan, a first of its kind in the northern Emirates.
Among the new hospitals coming up, those in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Ghana are in progress, which will be announced in the next few months.
The upcoming dental facility will be a full-fledged dental hospital with over 60 chairs, which will have all dental specialties under one roof, in addition to teaching and training the students of GMU’s College of Dentistry.
The dental hospital will be constructed over an area of 30,000-sq-ft in three floors.
A hi-tech rehabilitation centre hosting a unique state-of-the-art Sports Medicine, Hydrotherapy unit, GAIT Analysis lab and an Ergonomic simulation lab that will promote analytical and therapeutic services will be constructed in three floors in an area of 30,000 square feet.
The centre will provide specialised physiotherapy services in the fields of musculoskeletal, cardio-respiratory, neurology, paediatrics and women’s health.
The centre will also train the physical therapy students of the university.
Akbar Moideen Thumbay, vice president of the healthcare division, said: “Across all our hospitals, we will bring together highly skilled professionals and the latest advancements in medical technology. They will be centres of excellence in various specialties, providing quaternary care.”
The group is developing its various hospitals into centres of excellence with bone and joint as well as plastic surgery and cosmetics centres of excellence at Thumbay Hospital Dubai, and obstetrics and gynaecology, IVF and fetal medicine and cardiac sciences centres of excellence in Ajman.
Thumbay Hospital New Life – Hyderabad, will establish an Advanced Transplant Center in India.
The new hospital will feature the most advanced robotics being used in pharmacy, lab and surgical procedures. Neurosciences, andrology and urology centres of excellence will also be established.
It will be a quaternary care hospital and will play an important role in offering specialized care services like comprehensive transplant programme and advanced oncology services. - TradeArabia News Service
