A workshop on cervical cancer screening accredited by the Ministry of Health & Prevention (MOH) was organized by Cytomed, with the partnership of National Reference Laboratory and Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on Thursday, 28th April 2016. Held at GMU, the National Cervical Cancer Screening Program Implementation Workshop titled ’Cervical Cancer Screening Workshop’ was org ...

Thumbay Labs, the leading network of private diagnostic labs in the region, owned and operated by Thumbay Group - UAE has launched a wide portfolio of advanced tests, making it one of the most trusted names in diagnostic testing. It is today the largest chain of diagnostic labs in the private sector in UAE as well as the fifth largest standalone lab in the country. Considering the region as a whole, Thumbay ...

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Research and Innovation (CABRI) of Gulf Medical University, in association with GMC Hospital, Ajman organized a seminar on prevention and control of hospital infections at the university campus in Ajman, on 10th & 11th February, 2016. Around 50 delegates participated in the seminar which was accredited by MOH for 12 CME hours. Mr. Akbar Moideen Thumbay, Vice President ...

The Center for Advanced Biomedical Research and Innovation (CABRI), the world-class biomedical research facility of Gulf Medical University (GMU) owned and operated by Thumbay Group, conducted the second annual “Seminar on Allergy: Clinical Approaches to Diagnosis and Therapy,” at the University campus, on Thursday, 12th November 2015, organized by the Health Communications Division of Thumbay Group. The se ...

Gulf Medical University (GMU), the leading private medical university in the region owned and operated by Thumbay Group, UAE, conducted the 7th Annual Scientific Meeting at its campus in Ajman on 4th and 5th November 2015. The theme for this year’s meeting was ‘Enhancing Healthcare Delivery Optimizing the Last Mile’. Speaking at the opening ceremony, GMU Provost Prof. Gita Ashok Raj said that the Annual Sci ...

Thumbay labs becomes the biggest laboratory chain in UAE with four full-fledged laboratories manned by experienced Pathologists.  We are also the largest service provider in the country in terms of the range of tests available, the number of diagnostic tests done, and revenue, says Dr. Menon, Director of Thumbay labs. A state-of-the-art Medical Research and Diagnostic Facility named Centre for Advanced Biom ...

CABRI WEARS A “CAP” NOW The Center for Advanced Biomedical Research and Innovation (CABRI) has received its accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), a much coveted credential that positions CABRI as a high quality specialty pathology laboratory.   CABRI also has the distinction of being the first lab to be accredited by CAP in the Northern Emirates. This makes it possible for the commu ...

INTRODUCTION: Clinical pathology is an expansive discipline that is anchored in the clinical laboratory and encompasses a fund of knowledge, reasoning and skills in patho- physiology, diagnostics and therapeutics. The appropriate constituents of study in this field and the best means for evaluating its training are topics of continuous evolution, as they are in all fields of medical practice. ...