Thumbay Group enters 25th founding year

Dedicates its Next 5 Years towards Development & Growth of Medical Education, Healthcare and Research in United Arab Emirates.

The Thumbay Group has treated and screened more than 10 million patients. Image: Supplied

Thumbay Group enters 25th founding year. The foundations of its formal entry into the corporate world were laid on august 1997 by Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Founder President, and since then, the Thumbay Group has grown to be a multi-domain, multi-Emirate player.

Over the span of these 24 years, the Thumbay Group has grown from establishing the First private Medical College to a large, mature player that is now a well-established name in Medical Education, Healthcare, Research, Laboratory, Pharmacy and Several other Hospitality businesses like Health Clubs, Coffee Shoppe, Optical Shops and Flower Shops. It has Over 110 touch points across 7 Emirates with tie-up’s to more than 70 institutions across the globe.

The Thumbay Group has treated and screened more than 10 million patients, and conducted over 65,000 deliveries, with patients from 175 countries. The University has graduated over 2269 students, which form 60% of Health professions every year and 20% doctors every year graduating from UAE. The group employees more than 3000 people, having 400 doctors and paramedics from 35 countries with an investment of 1.5 billion in total in the span of 24 years.

Commenting on this occasion, Dr Thumbay Moideen, founder President, Thumbay Group, said, “This is a momentous year for us. Our 24 years are very special to us as they signify the strength of our long-term vision, our focus on consumers and our ability to run businesses that add value to people and society. We are very keen to make this year extra exciting and joyful for our customers, employees and all other stakeholders. And equally importantly, we are re-energized to create many more fabulous years of responsible and progressive operations”. The pandemic has changed the dynamics of the business and Thumbay Group has coped well with challenging times. We are all geared up for growth and ready to welcome EXPO 2020 in 2021 with exciting new services and programs to benefit all travelling to the United Arab Emirates. We thank the almighty, the government of UAE and the rulers of this beautiful country and my dedicated team to make this journey so far and fruitful.

On this occasion the founder has planned several activities and programs to make 2021 a special year in the history of Thumbay group and dedicated the next five years towards growth of Medical Education, Healthcare and Research which aligns to the goals and vision of United Arab Emirates. Creating More Jobs, employing its own alumni, Creating Internship opportunities in every department thumbay group operates.

The Thumbay Hospital network, which today has the distinction of being the biggest chain of private academic hospitals in the region and Thumbay Group’s Healthcare Division operates 8 academic hospitals having facilities of 800 inpatients beds, 10 family clinics/ Medical Center, 5 diagnostic labs, and 46 retail pharmacy outlets & First Drive through Pharmacy. Thumbay Labs doing large number of RT-PCR Tests Daily and two Hospital with over 200 Beds Dedicated for Corona In-patient Treatment. The Thumbay Medical tourism department is very active in promoting all services under medical tourism speaking over 20 languages and having representative office in over 50 countries.

Thumbay Group has Identified the 25 firsts which it has achieved over its 24 years of operations. The top five being, the first private Medical University in UAE, the first private teaching Rehab hospital, the first private teaching dental hospital, established the first Thumbay Medicity, the first private Academic Health system, The First private University to get QAA Global Accreditation.