Ajman: His Highness Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council, UAE and Ruler of Ajman, received Dr. Thumbay Moideen, the Founder President of Thumbay Group at the Ruler’s Court on 27th January 2020. Dr. Thumbay Moideen briefed His Highness about the latest developments and progress of Thumbay Group, especially in the Group’s three pillars of Education, Healthcare & Research.

Dr. Thumbay Moideen thanked His Highness for all the support given to Thumbay Group and briefed him about the progress of Gulf Medical University, the 9 academic hospitals under the Thumbay Hospital network, 15 Thumbay Clinics, 5 Thumbay Labs and around 60 Thumbay Pharmacy outlets, as well as the group’s strategic plans for 2020 and the developments thereof. He also briefed His Highness about the recently launched Thumbay Medicity – a regional hub of cutting-edge medical education, healthcare and research.

Dr. Thumbay Moideen has been residing in the UAE since 22 years, from the inception of Thumbay Group. The group has grown into a diversified conglomerate with businesses in multiple sectors, serving patients from 175 nationalities, students from 86 nationalities and employing staff from over 50 countries.

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ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.

“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.

The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.

Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.