Media Release
Dubai, Nov 16: Thumbay group, the region's diversified international business conglomerate, has signed an agreement with Dubai Charity Association, to provide healthcare services to the employees of Dubai Charity Association and their dependents. This agreement will support economically weaker patients and also sponsor students to the Medical University.
Also, an MOU to this effect was signed on Wednesday November 15 between Thumbay Moideen – founder president of Thumbay group and Ahmed Mohamed Mismar – secretary General of Dubai Charity Association.
According to the MoU, the Thumbay network of academic hospitals, multispecialty day care hospitals and family clinics in the UAE spread across Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah will provide special discounts to the employees of Dubai Charity Association and their dependents who do not have insurance coverage. Those with insurance coverage can avail discounts on services which are not covered under their insurance.
Speaking about the partnership, Thumbay Moideen, founder president of Thumbay Group said, “The Thumbay network of academic hospitals, day care hospitals and clinics operate with the aim of helping communities improve their quality of life and also help economically weaker students to persue further studies at the university. This partnership will be an important step to support the vision of a healthy, secure and safe UAE. We look forward to working together and improving the health and well-being of the community.”
About Thumbay group's healthcare division
The Thumbay network of academic hospitals is now the largest network of private academic hospitals in the Middle East treating patients from around 175 nationalities. It is also one of the biggest JCI-accredited private academic hospital networks in the region. Thumbay group’s healthcare division also operates a chain of family clinics (Thumbay Clinic) and multispecialty day care hospitals (Thumbay Hospital Day Care) in the UAE as well as diagnostic labs (Thumbay Labs) and pharmacies (Thumbay Pharmacy) in the UAE and India. The hospitals and clinics are presently located at Dubai, Ajman, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Umm Al Quwain in the UAE and in Hyderabad—India. Thumbay Medical Tourism, which promotes Thumbay group’s ultra-modern healthcare services to international patients, is tied-up with 87 countries through representative offices.
Going forward, the Thumbay academic hospital network will have a total of 1000 beds in the UAE, 1500 beds in India and 750 beds elsewhere in the Gulf and Africa by 2022, taking the total number of hospitals to 15 worldwide. The expansion will pitchfork Thumbay Hospital as one of the largest network of academic hospitals in the Gulf.