Author: anwar

Pharmacy practice and patient care are undergoing rapid transformations, requiring present and future pharmacists to take advantage of opportunities and tackle new and emerging challenges. The Commission for Academic Accreditation – Ministry of Education, UAE, in collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (USA), the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (USA), will be organizing the ‘Pharmacy Education Summit 2019’ at Gulf Medical University,...

Ajman, United Arab Emirates, February 24th, 2019: As part of its efforts to further extend superior home health services in the Northern Emirates, Manzil Healthcare Services, the leading Home Health and Disease Management Company in UAE, has announced today its collaboration with Thumbay Hospital Group. Manzil Healthcare Services is committed to offer a host of home health services for Thumbay Hospital patients, which include Post-Hospital Discharge...

Huge crowds thronged Thumbay Hospital – Dubai on Friday, 22nd February 2019, to take part in the ‘Walk for the Tolerance Walkathon’ organized by the hospital. Around 1600 people from all walks of life belonging to different nationalities and age groups marched in celebration of the UAE’s observance of 2019 as the Year of Tolerance, in line with the founding ethos of the UAE and...

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes is rising at an alarming pace worldwide, affecting people of all ages, races and both genders. A recent conference on ‘Diabesity’ organized by Thumbay Hospital, Fujairah, one of the leading academic hospitals under Thumbay Group’s healthcare division,  discussed the linkages between obesity and diabetes and the causal pathways between obesity and type 2 diabetes. The conference identified prevention and treatment...

Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman, the leading medical university in the Middle East region has entered into an agreement with University of Milan, Italy, one of the largest universities in Europe, with about 60,000 students, for collaboration in offering the Executive Master’s Program in Healthcare Management and Economics (EMHME) launched by GMU’s College of Healthcare Management and Economics. The agreement between both the universities was signed...

The week-long inter-university sports festival hosted by Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman – the biggest sporting event of its kind in the country – concluded with a closing ceremony on 14th February 2019, at the University campus. Prof. Manda Venkatramana, Vice Chancellor – Academics of GMU was the chief guest for the closing ceremony. Of the 26 Universities which participated this year, American University of...

His Excellency Mirza Hussain Al Sayegh, Member, Board of Trustees of Al Maktoum Foundation and Member, Board of Trustees of Gulf Medical University – the biggest private medical university in the region owned and operated by Thumbay Group, visited Thumbay Medicity, the hub of state-of-the-art medical education, healthcare and research, on 17th February 2019. He was welcomed at Thumbay Medicity by Dr. Thumbay Moideen –...

More than 500 people participated in the Walkathon organized by Thumbay Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Hospital (TPTRH) at Thumbay Medicity, Ajman on 14th February 2018, in support of the people of determination. The theme of the walkathon was ‘keep walking’, emphasizing the importance of encouraging the people of determination to achieve their dreams, at the same time, reminding the society of its responsibility towards them,...

In line with the UAE’s strategic directions of promoting happiness and positivity, Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman, the leading medical university in the Middle East region has launched a ‘Student Happiness Department’, aimed to improve student happiness, in turn enhancing their curricular and extra-curricular performance and overall well-being. The move aims to embody a culture of happiness across the University, with the support of the...

The second master class, to be led by renowned international expert on health management Prof. Bernardo Ramirez will be held at Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman at 11:30am on Saturday, 16th February 2019. The second Master Class in the seminar series on healthcare management, conducted by GMU’s newly launched College of Healthcare Management and Economics in association with the University of Central Florida will be held...