Media Release
Dhaka, Aug 3: Aiming to promote its world-class facilities and services among medical tourists and stakeholders, Thumbay Hospital, the leading network of private academic hospitals operated by the hospitality division of Thumbay group will conduct the ‘Thumbay Medical Tourism Meet’ at 7.30 pm on Saturday August 5, at the Lakeshore Hotel, Bangladesh.
Considered as the pioneers of medical tourism in the UAE, the Thumbay Hospital network, with its academic hospitals in Dubai, Ajman, Sharjah, Fujairah and Hyderabad (India), have been making significant strides in medical tourism through Thumbay Medical Tourism (TMT), Thumbay group’s award-winning medical tourism initiative. The medical tourism departments in all the hospitals, including Thumbay Hospital Hyderabad focus on marketing the services to international patients through innovative methods. Last year on World Tourism Day, Thumbay Hospital had welcomed its 6000th medical tourist.
Thumbay Hospital is also a proud partner in the Dubai Health Experience (DXH), the prestige brand conceived by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to strengthen the position of Dubai on the world map of medical tourism. TMT has established representative offices in 87 countries, giving further fillip to Thumbay Hospitals’ medical tourism ambitions.
Commenting on Thumbay Hospitals’ medical tourism advantage, Akbar Moideen Thumbay, vice president of Thumbay group’s healthcare division said, “Considering the current and future trends in medical tourism, Thumbay Hospitals have developed enhanced facilities, maintaining the highest standards of quality and offering packages with a wide range of personalization options. Our aim is to have about 1000 medical tourists daily at our hospitals, in the next 3-4 years.”
Presently, Thumbay Hospitals receive inquiries from a wide range of clientele including hospitals, medical practitioners, partnered agents, and inquiries from various websites across the globe.
About Thumbay Medical Tourism
Thumbay Medical Tourism (TMT) is an award-winning initiative of the healthcare division of Thumbay group. TMT focuses on promoting Thumbay group’s ultra-modern healthcare services to the growing number of international patients visiting the UAE, at affordable costs. TMT renders a large portfolio of travel and medical services to medical tourists from all over the world, and also arranges on-demand translator services, accommodation services, customized treatment packages, preferred cuisine, travel arrangements, priority appointments, airport pick up & drop off, etc. Each medical tourist is attended to by a dedicated TMT staff. Most packages also include tourist site visits, dedicated fleet of vehicles and spa and recreational therapies.
Founded by Thumbay Moideen in 1998, Thumbay group is a diversified international business conglomerate with operations across 20 different verticals including education, healthcare, medical research, diagnostics, retail pharmacy, health communications, retail opticals, wellness, nutrition stores, hospitality, real estate, publishing, technology, media, events, medical tourism, trading and marketing and distribution.