GMU inaugurates Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation
anchoring the UAE’s largest network of healthcare training centers
Ajman, UAE (Press Release): Gulf Medical University today opened the Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation at its Ajman campus, a next-generation training hub designed to let students, residents, and practicing clinicians learn, rehearse, and master real-world care in a safe, high-fidelity environment. The inauguration took place at 10:00 AM at Gulf Medical University in the presence of academic leaders, faculty, and healthcare partners.
Great clinicians aren’t built in lecture halls alone. They’re shaped by repeated, guided practice on lifelike scenarios until the right response becomes second nature. The new institute delivers exactly that—team-based drills, OSCEs, crisis resource management, and procedure training across medicine and allied health—using advanced manikins, task trainers, simulated wards, and digital recording for debrief.
With today’s opening, GMU and the Thumbay academic health system are assembling the UAE’s largest integrated network of healthcare simulation centers. This network includes:
- Thumbay Clinical Simulation Centre
- Dental Simulation Centre
- Physiotherapy Simulation Centre
- Thumbay Surgical Skills Center
- Upcoming Thumbay Veterinary Simulation Centre (small and large animals)
- Upcoming Thumbay Simulation Centre at Dubai
Together, these facilities will standardize skills training across disciplines and raise the bar for patient safety across the region.
Prof. Manda Venkatramana, Chancellor of Gulf Medical University, said:
“Simulation changes outcomes. It lets our learners make mistakes without harm, learn as teams, and return to the bedside more confident and more prepared. With this institute and our growing network across medicine, dentistry, physiotherapy, surgery, and soon veterinary medicine, GMU is setting a national standard for hands-on health-profession education.”
What this really means is more competent graduates, faster onboarding for interns and residents, stronger interdisciplinary teamwork, and safer care for patients. The institute will serve GMU’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs, support continuous professional development for clinicians across the Thumbay healthcare network, and host certification courses with international partners.
The facility features simulation suites replicating ICU, emergency, operating theatre, primary care, inpatient wards, and home-care settings. Every session is recorded for structured debrief so learners can see, measure, and improve performance. The curriculum spans communication, ethics, cultural competence, and leadership under pressure, not just procedures and protocols.
- Memberships, Accreditations & Affiliations:
- American Heart Association (AHA) International Training Centre
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
- Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM)
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRC PUK)
- (Jaheziya) Emirates Medical Preparedness and Response Program
- Health and Safety Institute (HSI)
Gulf Medical University has long championed practice-ready education across its colleges and clinical partners. Today’s launch strengthens that promise and creates a unified simulation pathway from classroom to clinic to community care—covering human and, soon, animal health—while opening the door to joint research on human factors, AI-assisted training, and patient-safety outcomes.
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Man held for rape, assault of elderly woman in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping and assaulting an 85-year-old woman and abandoning her on the roadside in this district, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place under Venjaramoodu police station limit on Wednesday evening.
Agin, a lottery agent, was apprehended on Friday, they said.
According to police, the elderly woman was taken into a deserted building by the accused, raped, brutally beaten with a stick, causing injuries, and was later abandoned on the roadside.
Locals noticed the woman with severe head and facial injuries and rushed her to a nearby hospital, from where she was shifted to the government medical college later.
Though initially injuries suggested that she was brutally beaten up by someone, a detailed medical examination confirmed the rape.
Based on the statement of the woman and some local vendors in the area, the police identified the accused and nabbed him later.
"As per the statement of his family, he is suspected of having a mental disorder and the habit of committing such assaults following an accident. An investigation is on," a police officer said.
He was remanded to judicial custody by a local court and the woman was discharged from hospital, police added.
