Health & Environment

UAE's largest private academic hospital opens in Ajman

UAE-based Thumbay Group has opened its latest academic hospital at Thumbay Medicity, Ajman.

The new Thumbay University Hospital is the largest private academic hospital in the region, with a capacity of 350 beds in the first phase. With over 100 consultation clinics and 100 beds dedicated for long term care and rehabilitation, the campus is a one-stop family healthcare destination comprising Thumbay University Hospital, Thumbay Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Hospital and Thumbay Dental Hospital. Moreover, there are 40 beds for intensive care including ICU, CCU, NICU, PICU, etc along with a dedicated 10-bed dialysis unit for Nephrology with extended facility for transplant surgery (Renal and Liver) serving the GCC region and Africa.
 
Additionally, the hospital will be offering free consultations across all OPD specialties for the first 15 days of operations.

Speaking about the new hospital, Dr Thumbay Moideen, the founder president of Thumbay Group, said: “With the opening of the region’s largest private academic hospital, Ajman has now become a landmark. Located at Thumbay Medicity – the futuristic hub of medical education, healthcare and research, the hospital is perfectly positioned to serve a large population, at the same time further advancing our efforts to transform the country and the region into a global medical tourism destination. The main pillars of our business are Education, Healthcare and Research. In line with Thumbay Group’s vision to expand our global strategic network, the new hospital has established international collaborations with leading international centres of excellence in the USA, France, Spain, Italy and Korea.”

Providing a wide range of amenities for patients and visitors, such as a multi-restaurant food court, movie theatre, coffee shops, health club, 1000+ free parking spaces amongst many others, the hospital also features a ‘Therapeutic Garden’ for better relaxation and holistic recovery for in-patients.

Commenting on the hospital’s state-of-the-art facilities, Akbar Moideen Thumbay - vice president of the Healthcare Division of Thumbay Group, said: “Thumbay University Hospital is the first and only hospital of its kind in the region, equipped with the latest technology and expert healthcare professionals. As a quaternary care facility, it is a referral hospital to which primary and secondary care hospitals and clinics refer their complex cases. We are confident that the hospital would complement the world-class amenities at Thumbay Medicity and set new standards of quality and innovation in healthcare.”

“We are very glad and proud on the opening of Thumbay University Hospital under the Gulf Medical University Academic Health System, the first private academic health system in the region, and will be a centre for clinical training for the students of Gulf Medical University. In addition to the state-of-the-art medical technology, it has been designed as a university hospital, in such a way as to accommodate academic activities, with lecture halls, academic departments, special physical facilities etc., creating a learning environment. Even the hospital’s food court has been designed as a ‘Live & Learn’ environment, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and information and promoting seamless learning,” said Prof. Hossam Hamdy, chancellor of Gulf Medical University.

The event also included the opening of the first robotics pharmacy under the Thumbay Pharmacy network, which will also be the biggest robotic pharmacy in the country with automated robotic technology to prepare and dispense medicines.

The smart pharmacy ensures zero dispensing errors and achieves considerable reduction in waiting times. Spread across 4,700-sq-ft area, it is equipped with robotic and pneumatic tube system, and has been designed for high density storage up to 42,000 units and hassle-free retrieval of medications. It is equipped with medication safety bar-code scanning, ensuring that the medications and strengths are correct during both the carousel stocking and dispensing process. It will also serve as a training site for the students of the ACPE-recognized PharmD program offered by the College of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University. - TradeArabia News Service

Health & Environment

Zebra, Merck collaborate to create safety, traceability solutions

Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in digitising and automating frontline workflows, and Merck, a leading science and technology company, have announced a new collaboration aimed at co-creating solutions to address challenges around product verification, authenticity, and trust. 
 
Through this collaboration, M-Trust will be the first cyber-physical trust platform with a mobile computer scanning solution for addressing the growing issues of product safety, traceability and counterfeiting.
 
With Zebra’s portfolio and experience in mobile computing, asset visibility, and identity capture solutions and Merck’s patented authentication technologies, the collaboration is designed to create unprecedented levels of security, accuracy and trust in manufacturing value chains.
 
This collaboration will also offer organizations high quality data for training and testing AI models, enhancing analytics capabilities as AI solutions are operationalised.
 
“By combining our expertise in identification and authentication, both companies will deliver essential solutions for reliable data access across value chains. This integration builds trust in AI systems regarding data authenticity and origin,” said Thomas Endress, Head of M-Trust, Merck. 
"Our collaboration with Zebra presents great potential for customers to enhance their operations for more accurate and compliant processes that businesses and consumers can trust," he stated.
 
The first outcome of the collaboration will be a new handheld reader that works with the cutting-edge M-Trust platform, a secure cyber-physical trust solution developed by Merck. 
 
Launched in January this year, M-Trust enables organizations to ensure product quality and authenticity across their value chains by immutably linking the physical and digital worlds, creating secure digital twins. 
 
Powered by Web 3.0 technology, the M-Trust™ platform is designed to adapt to evolving technologies and regulatory requirements, such as the EU Digital Product Passport, empowering businesses to thrive in a rapidly changing landscape and remain competitive and trustworthy to consumers and regulators. 
 
This newly created prototype of the handheld reader device consists of a mobile scanner built on Zebra’s TC58 mobile computer and Merck’s security-pigment detector, the SEC-Reader to scan products and share data with the M-Trust platform via Wi-Fi 6E or 5G for verification.
 
This all-in-one solution allows customers to verify products without switching devices and includes features for frontline communication, such as two-way radio, a 16 MP camera, and a 1D/2D barcode scanner.
 
"We are proud to work with Merck on this important initiative which gives manufacturers and their frontline workers a unique solution to intelligently automate essential verifications in their manufacturing and supply chain operations, and greater visibility of assets and inventory," said James Poulton, Senior VP and General Manager, Enterprise Mobile Computing, Zebra Technologies. 
 
"Together, we can support customers to become industry 4.0 leaders with connected factories and supply chains," he added.-TradeArabia News Service

Health & Environment

SAL Saudi inks logistics deal with King Salman Relief Centre

SAL Saudi Logistics Services, the leading provider of cargo handling and logistics solutions in the kingdom, has signed a partnership agreement with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) to provide integrated logistics services in support of the center’s efforts to deliver humanitarian aid quickly and efficiently to the most in-need regions worldwide.
 
This partnership reflects SAL’s commitment to leveraging its expertise and advanced logistics capabilities to ensure the swift and effective delivery of humanitarian aid to remote and affected areas, said a statement from SAL. 
 
The agreement further strengthens SAL’s role in supporting KSRelief’s relief operations, facilitating transportation, storage, and customs clearance processes to ensure aid reaches its intended destinations on time, it stated.
 
The agreement was signed by Engineer Thunayyan Al Thunayyan, CEO of SAL Logistics Sector at SAL Saudi Logistics Services, and Dr Salah Al Mazrou, General Supervisor of Financial and Administrative Affairs at KSRelief, in the presence of executives from both parties.
 
On the partnership, Al Thunayyan said: "Our ability to reach remote and affected areas and our collaboration with KSRelief is a great honour and source of pride for us. This ensures the fulfillment of logistics requirements that contribute to the delivery of aid to those in need, relying on our expertise in designing integrated logistics solutions."
 
This agreement underscores the pivotal role SAL Saudi Logistics Services plays in providing logistics support for global humanitarian efforts and strengthening cooperation with various public and private entities. 
 
It aligns with Saudi Vision 2030, which aims to position the Kingdom as a leading global logistics hub and reinforce the logistics sector as a key pillar of the national economy, he added.-TradeArabia News Service