Thumbay Group’s first Private Academic Hospital celebrates 16th anniversary
Ajman, Oct 20: Thumbay Hospital – Ajman, the leading academic hospital, under Thumbay Group’s Healthcare Division, celebrated its 16th anniversary on October 17.
Inaugurated in 2002, Thumbay Hospital - Ajman has the distinction of being the first private teaching hospital in the UAE and the first JCI-accredited hospital in the Emirate. Part of the Gulf Medical University Academic Health System (GMUAHS), the first private academic health system in the region, Thumbay Hospital Ajman provides clinical training to the students of the Gulf Medical University.
Thumbay Group founder president Dr Thumbay Moideen said that the 16th anniversary of Thumbay Group’s first healthcare establishment marked a significant moment in the group’s journey. “When Thumbay Hospital Ajman was built, it was primarily for the purpose of providing adequate training facilities to the students of the Gulf Medical University, Ajman. However, the hospital soon became a popular healthcare destination in the country, driving the growth of our healthcare division under which we today have a network of academic hospitals, family clinics as well as diagnostic centers, operating across the UAE as well as in India and Africa”, he said.
Thumbay Group healthcare division vice president Akbar Moideen Thumbay said that the Thumbay Hospital network has evolved as a benchmark of quality academic healthcare in the country. “The Thumbay Hospital network has built a strong reputation with expert healthcare professionals and state-of-the-art facilities. We renew and reiterate our commitment towards providing safe, innovative and reliable healthcare of the highest standards,” he said.
Medical Director Dr Hilol Kanti Pal, COO Mohammad Abu Fara were extremely delighted to celebrate this occasion, along with members of the hospital faculty and staff.
Thumbay Hospital, Ajman offers services across all major medical specialties and has advanced facilities such as Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Neonatal ICU (level 3), ICU, Dialysis, Advanced Radiology & Lab Services, Interventional Radiology, Interventional Neurology, Minimal Invasive Surgeries, Bariatric (weight-loss) Surgery, State-of-the-Art Modular Operating Theatres, Pediatric Surgery, Women Wellness, Neonatal Screening, Super Specialty Dental Center etc. The hospital also offers special antenatal packages, painless delivery services, executive labor and delivery suite (private), state-of-the-art equipment, 24-hours emergency and in-patient services.
Thumbay Hospitals and clinics are located at Dubai, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE as well as in Hyderabad in India and Africa. All Thumbay hospitals have exclusive Medical Tourism departments as well as Marhaba Services for personalized patient services.
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Bhopal gas tragedy: Effects of leak seen in next generation of survivors, says ex-forensic doctor
Bhopal (PTI): The effects of poisonous gases that leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal 40 years ago were seen in the next generations of those who survived the tragedy, a former government forensic doctor has said.
At least 3,787 people were killed, and more than five lakh were affected after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory in the city on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
Speaking at an event held by organisations of gas tragedy survivors on Saturday, Dr D K Satpathy, former head of the forensics department of Bhopal's Gandhi Medical College, said he performed 875 post-mortems on the first day of the disaster and witnessed 18,000 autopsies the next five years.
Sathpathy claimed Union Carbide had denied questions about the effects of poisonous gases on unborn children of women survivors and said effects would not cross the placental barrier in the womb in any condition.
He said blood samples of pregnant women who died in the tragedy were examined, and it was found that 50 per cent of poisonous substances found in the mother were also found in the child in her womb.
Children born to surviving mothers had the poisonous substances in their system, and this affected the health of the next generation, Sathpathy claimed and questioned why research on this was stopped.
Such effects will continue for generations, he said.
Satpathy said it was said that MIC gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant, and when it came in contact with water, thousands of gases were formed, and some of these caused cancer, blood pressure and liver damage.
Rachna Dhingra of Bhopal Group for Information and Action said Satpathy, who carried out most autopsies, and other first responders in the 1984 disaster, including the senior doctors in the emergency ward and persons involved in mass burials, narrated their experiences during the event.
Rashida Bee, president of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh, a poster exhibition covering every aspect of the disaster will be held till December 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy.
An anniversary rally will be organised, with focus on global corporate crimes such as industrial pollution and climate change, she said.
