Gulf Medical University celebrates 23rd anniversary in special event
Ajman: Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman founded in 1998 by Dr. Thumbay Moideen celebrated its 23nd anniversary in a special event at the University campus on 7th November 2021, attended by Prof. Hossam Hamdy – Chancellor of GMU, in the presence of Vice president Healthcare Division Akbar Moideen Thumbay along with the Vice Chancellors, Deans, Faculty and Staff and a number of students who watched the event streamed live on YouTube.
“23 years ago, there was no Gulf Medical University, but through Dr. Thumbay Moideen’s vision, leadership and hard work and above all his ethical values, we now have this magnificent campus and a strong reputation as Academic Health System ” Said the Chancellor of Gulf Medical University Prof Hossam Hamdy during an Address to the Gathering.
The event also witnessed the official launch of Certificate program for Students as tutor on how to teach and train, this is an important Competency, the student tutor will have lot of benefits as they will gain knowledge and skills of Sharing and Giving knowledge to others it was initially started by the College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing and then Implemented University wide.
The student’s council Represented by Mark Khayat final year College of dentistry and Shariq Khan final year College of medicine also were glad to launch the Peer tutoring Club during this occasion which has more Than 40 students enrolled at present who will undergo this Certificate program.
Wishes from 60 Partner Institutions and Various Alumni from different countries poured in for the GMU team for all the developments and Achievements.
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Los Angeles county wildfires could be costliest in US history, early estimates say
Los Angeles, Jan 11: The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are still raging, but already are projected to be among the costliest natural disasters in US history.
The devastating blazes have killed at least 11 people and incinerated more than 12,000 structures since Tuesday, laying waste to entire neighbourhoods once home to multimillion-dollar properties.
While it's still too early for an accurate tally of the financial toll, the losses so far likely make the wildfires the costliest ever in the US, according to various estimates.
A preliminary estimate by AccuWeather put the damage and economic losses so far between USD 135 billion and USD 150 billion. By comparison, AccuWeather estimated the damage and economic losses caused by Hurricane Helene, which tore across six southeastern states last fall, at USD 225 billion to USD 250 billion.
“This will be the costliest wildfire in California modern history and also very likely the costliest wildfire in US modern history, because of the fires occurring in the densely populated areas around Los Angeles with some of the highest-valued real estate in the country,” said Jonathan Porter, the private firm's chief meteorologist.
AccuWeather factors in a multitude of variables in its estimates, including damage to homes, businesses, infrastructure and vehicles, as well as immediate and long-term health care costs, lost wages and supply chain interruptions.
The insurance broker Aon PLC also said Friday that the LA County wildfires will likely end up being the costliest in US history, although it did not issue an estimate. Aon ranks a wildfire known as the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, in 2018 as the costliest in US history up to now at USD 12.5 billion, adjusted for inflation. The Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed about 11,000 homes.
The LA County wildfires, which were fuelled by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds and an extreme drought, remained largely uncontained Saturday. That means the final tally of losses from the blazes is likely to increase, perhaps substantially.
“To put this into perspective, the total damage and economic loss from this wildfire disaster could reach nearly 4 per cent of the annual GDP of the state of California,” AccuWeather's Porter said.
In a report Friday, Moody's also concluded that the wildfires would prove to be the costliest in US history, specifically because they have ripped through densely populated areas with higher-end properties.
While the state is no stranger to major wildfires, they have generally been concentrated in inland areas that are not densely populated. That's led to less destruction per acre, and in damage to less expensive homes, Moody's noted.
That's far from the case this time, with one of the largest conflagrations destroying thousands of properties across the Pacific Palisades and Malibu, home to many Hollywood stars and executives with multimillion-dollar properties. Already, numerous celebrities have lost homes to the fires.
“The scale and intensity of the blazes, combined with their geographic footprint, suggest a staggering price tag, both in terms of the human cost and the economic toll,” Moody's analysts wrote. The report did not include a preliminary cost estimate of the wildfire damage.
It could be several months before a concrete tally of the financial losses from the wildfires will be possible.
“We're in the very early stages of this disaster,” Porter said.
