About us

Founded by Dr. Thumbay Moideen in 1997

Quality Care

Thumbay Group is Committed to provide quality care to the community, The Thumbay Hospital network, the biggest chain of private academic hospitals in the region, treats patients from as many as 175 countries.

Diversified Operations

Headquartered in Dubai, the group presently employs around 3000 people. Thumbay Group’s Healthcare Division operates 7 academic hospitals, 5 family clinics/ Medical Center, 3 diagnostic labs, and 46 retail pharmacy outlets.

Cutting Edge

Thumbay Group’s pioneering role in the region has led UAE as a regional hub of futuristic medical education, state-of-the-art healthcare, and cutting-edge research. Our aim is to create a solid mark on the global map.

Thumbay in numbers

academic hospitals

deliveries conducted

million patients treated

dedicated employees

gropup brands

enrolled students

years of excellence

nationalities treated

President’s Message

"When we started this journey over two decades back, we knew there would come a time when Thumbay Group would emerge as a world-class business group capable of achieving sustained growth, at the same time delivering the best of products and services."

“Since its inception in 1997, Thumbay Group has evolved as a diversified international business conglomerate consistently delivering outstanding services across multiple sectors. Our constant efforts to be an extraordinary performer is what has got us where we are today. A strong core of ethical functioning, consistency in maintaining quality standards, adherence to systems and customer focus have been crucial in facilitating our growth as a business leader on the global stage. What sets us apart is that our commitment to quality and innovation remains as sincere today as it was at the start.

The foundation of our philosophy is “Growth through Innovation.” We are constantly engaged in the never-ending process of innovation, in our quest to emerge as the frontrunners of excellence. Our businesses have been gaining strong foothold and our brands have been established as centers of excellence in their respective sectors. We continue to seize new opportunities that hold a promise for Thumbay Group and help us serve our customers better. What we have achieved over the years are no small accomplishments. However, our sights are firmly set on the ultimate goal of growing into an iconic brand with global presence.

We hope to put our success and growth of almost two decades to good use, for the betterment of humanity across societies. I envision Thumbay Group as a pioneer of innovations, touching and empowering the lives of each human being.”

Dr. Thumbay Moideen

Founder President

Vision, Mission & Values

The Vision to Innovate

Be a leading business house with a global presence

The Mission to Explore New Growth Avenues

To emerge as a premier international business house, serving diverse segments of the society with innovative products and services of unmatched quality and integrity and inspiring confidence, satisfaction, trust and loyalty among the community across cultures.

Values That Drive Growth

The Thumbay Group possesses a strong set of values that aims to support business integration while creating a sense of belonging. They touch upon business areas, activities, existing corporate culture and country of operation.

Excellence

Provide customers with a consistently high level of service through continuous benchmarking of operations and realigning of processes.

Trust

Ensure trust and respect for business success through open communication, dialogue and delegation of responsibilities.

Knowledge

Interact closely with customers by creating and sharing knowledge that adds value and is relevant.

Innovation

Pursue innovation so as to harness cutting-edge technology, using insights to invent a better future that makes healthcare serve fairly, productively and consistently.

Integrity

Ensure the highest levels of personal and institutional ethics and integrity, make honest commitments and work to consistently honour them.

Innovation

Thumbay Group believes that innovation is the key driver of growth. All our strategies are designed around the core function of innovation. We constantly accelerate the pace of our innovation and set new standards.

Thumbay Group invites individuals and businesses to join us in our journey of innovation. If you have an innovative idea, we would like to hear from you and help you transform your idea into reality. If you have an innovative business, we would like to take it to great heights, as the true generators of path-breaking innovations.

If you value and relish innovation as much as we do, then you know whom to join, to play a part in shaping a better tomorrow. Together let us transform the world!

Awards & Achievements

Our History

In 1997, a young and enthusiastic businessman from India founded the Thumbay Group in the UAE. He set up the UAE’s first private medical college in Ajman, which later became a full-fledged medical university, the Gulf Medical University (GMU). Confronted with the challenge of providing adequate clinical training opportunities for its students, he built the first private teaching hospital in the region, which laid the foundation of Thumbay Hospitals.

Soon after Thumbay Hospital – Ajman was launched, it emerged as a popular healthcare destination in the country, encouraging Thumbay Group’s healthcare division to set up a string of teaching hospitals at various locations in the UAE. This was in addition to a network of state-of-the-art family clinics ‘Thumbay Clinic’, multispecialty day care hospitals ‘Thumbay Hospital Day Care’, a chain of pharmacies ‘Thumbay Pharmacies’ and a series of diagnostic centers ‘Thumbay Labs’ across the country.

In 2017, Thumbay Group launched its network of multi-specialty day care hospitals, Thumbay Hospital Day Care. These offer treatments and procedures as day-cases, without the need for overnight stay in the hospital.

The year 2019 marked the launch of the biggest project of Thumbay Group, the Thumbay Medicity in Ajman, which has evolved as a regional hub of medical education, healthcare and research, with specialized academic hospitals including the 350-bed Thumbay University Hospital, the 60-chair Thumbay Dental Hospital and the Thumbay Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Hospital, all part of the Gulf Medical University Academic Health System, the first one of its kind in the region’s private sector.

Thumbay Hospital as well as the other establishments under Thumbay Group’s healthcare division have spread their wings and have set foot on several other countries in the MENA region and in the Indian sub-continent. Many new Thumbay Hospitals are coming up in these regions, awaiting announcement as soon as the projects are completed.

Today, the man behind Thumbay Group, Dr. Thumbay Moideen heads the highly successful and diversified business conglomerate, as its Founder President. The group has diversified into multiple business sectors including Education, Healthcare, Medical Research, Diagnostics, Retail Pharmacy, Health Communications, Retail Opticals, Wellness, Nutrition Stores, Hospitality, Real Estate, Publishing, Trading, Marketing & Distribution, Medical Tourism, Events, Media and Technology.