Ajman, Oct 04: Thumbay Hospital & Gulf Medical University felicitated the leading experts from the UAE’s insurance sector for their contributions at the Annual Health Insurance Conference & Award Ceremony 2018 held at the Fairmont Hotel, Ajman on Thursday.

While H.E. Dr. Salem Al Darmaki, advisor to the UAE minister of health and prevention was the chief guest of the conference, Dr. Thumbay Moideen, founder president of the Thumbay Group was the guest of honor.

Mr. Akbar Moideen Thumbay, Vice President of the healthcare division of the Thumbay Group delivered the welcome speech.  Addressing the gathering, Dr. Thumbay Moideen recounted the success story of the Thumbay Group from its beginnings in 1998 to a diversified international conglomerate with global presence and business activities across 20 sectors.

H.E. Dr. Salem Al Darmaki pre-launched the 500-bed Thumbay University Hospital Complex coming up at Thumbay Medicity, which will be the largest private academic hospital in the region. He presented the ‘Special Award of Honor & Recognition’ to the following insurance experts:

  •         Mr. Christian Gregorowicz, CEO, NextCare Health Insurance
  •         Ms. Marion Corbett, Director - Provider Relations, National Health Insurance Company – Daman Insurance
  •         Mr. Fadi Hindi, CEO, Takaful Emarat
  •         Mr. Jean Louis Laurent Josi, CEO, Oman Insurance
  •         Mr. Umair Nizami, Managing Director, Neuron LLC
  •         Dr. Mumtaz Hussain, General Manager, Operations, Pentacare Medical Services
  •         Mr. Joe Boulos, General Manager, NAS Administration Services
  •         Mr. Nabil Shanawani, Assistant General Manager, Al Buhaira National Insurance Company

The conference emphasized the judicious utilization of technology as an important factor in keeping the cost of healthcare delivery in check.



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Bengaluru (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, software industry icon N R Narayana Murthy, his wife and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, former cricketer Rahul Dravid and actor Prakash Raj were among the early voters as polling began in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka on Friday.

Many booths reported brisk voting in the first hour of polling as people sought to "beat the heat".

Speaking to PTI Videos, Prakash Raj said he voted for the candidate that he has faith in and "for the issues mentioned in the manifesto of the parties."

"I have voted against the hate and people who are dividing the country. I have voted for a good representative from my constituency," he said.

Polling began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm.

A total of 247 candidates -- 226 men and 21 women -- are in the fray for the first phase in 14 segments covering most of the southern and coastal districts, where more than 2.88 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 30,602 polling stations.

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