Committed to quality healthcare

GMC Hospital, Ajman started operations in 2002 as an integrated, healthcare-delivery component of Gulf Medical University. The hospital is promoted by Thumbay Group, UAE, a business conglomerate comprised of 11 sectors and 2,200 employees, and dealing with 175 nationalities. GMC Hospital is a private teaching institution committed to providing the best possible options for diagnosis of disease and team management of patient care. Its multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and care ensures a continuum of safe and high-quality care for patients – all services under one roof.

GMC Hospital, being the largest healthcare provider in the region, has many nationally and internationally recognised healthcare professionals, with sophisticated medical technology made available. Since its inception, GMC Hospital has emerged as the premier healthcare organisation in Ajman, offering state-of-the-art technology and advanced medical and surgical services.

GMC Hospital has worked tirelessly to respond to the changing needs of the communities. The result is a health system that provides some of the most advanced procedures and care available anywhere. The root of our success is open collaboration between leadership, staff, physicians and the community. That spirit of teamwork was established as an integral part of our group’s culture from the very start and continues to flourish to this day, reaching beyond our hospital walls into the community.

Our first hospital venture
The GMC Hospital, Ajman is the first university hospital in the UAE, with a capacity of 250 beds housed within ultra-modern facilities that handle 1,200 outpatients a day. The hospital offers various features and services, including: a women’s health centre; a hi-tech laboratory; modern ICU, NICU and CCU facilities; a 24-hour pharmacy; modern digital imaging; an on-call doctor service; fertility centre; accident and emergency; and frequent visits by various doctors from around the globe. Patients of 175 nationalities – ranging from as far apart as Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the GCC and Western Europe – avail themselves of medical treatment at GMC Hospital, Ajman.

With our unique approach to healthcare – bringing together the best professional expertise and infrastructure – our hospitals at Ajman, Sharjah and Fujairah strive to fulfil their motto of “healing through knowledge and wisdom”. As a part of the strategic expansion plans of Thumbay Group, plans are underway to establish a new hospital in Dubai that should be functional by the last quarter of 2013, and a 300-bed super-speciality teaching hospital on the Gulf Medical University Campus in Ajman by 2015.

In addition to the UAE’s Ministry of Health, GMC Hospital is accredited by various international bodies, and is a member of other eminent organisations, including the Medical Tourism Association, the International Hospital Federation, the Asian Hospital Federation, the Randox International Quality Assessment Scheme, and the International Board of Medicine and Surgery, and holds Temos dental certification. In addition to its existing international accreditations, GMC Hospital is on its way to acquiring teaching hospital accreditation by Joint Commission International.

Escalating medical tourism
The world of healthcare has changed significantly in the past few years. We all know that, while the cost of healthcare has skyrocketed, quality hasn’t risen with it. As a result, many overseas facilities have taken up the slack to provide luxury quality care and surroundings to specifically serve the medical tourism market.

It’s a market that, like all others, is service-driven, where hospitality and healing surroundings combine with superior quality medical care and unquestionably lower costs to create a very real incentive one can’t ignore. Whether it’s dental medical tourism, medical travel for cosmetic surgery, or a specific surgical procedure, the cost differential can be compelling.

Due to cost-effective prices, excellent air connectivity, unmatched expertise, world-class treatment combined with » health tourism – which includes a complete health check-up and optional activities such as local sightseeing and shopping – GMC Hospital, Ajman has become the destination for medical tourism in UAE. It also offers translators, as well as assistance on location, transport and accommodation as and when required.

GMC Hospital has a dedicated International Patient Services team, as well as customer service ambassadors who support our local and overseas patients from the point of enquiry through to admissions and discharge from the hospital. The International Patient Services department includes a complete scope of services for patients visiting the hospital from outside the UAE.

Multilingual staff are available to coordinate all aspects of a patient’s stay, such as: the management of medical consultations and hospital admission; travel and hotel arrangements for patients and their families, including an air ambulance depending on the distance and the condition of the patient; assistance in choosing the right doctor; processing of second medical opinions; and remote consultations via telemedicine, if needed. Being one of the best medical travel facilitators in the region, GMC Hospital helps medical tourists plan their complete medical treatment package.

Over the past few years, the number of medical tourists and international patients visiting GMC Hospital has increased significantly. Due to the plethora of medical services available to patients, along with the assurance of the highest quality care, there have been yearly increases in the number of international patients. In order to attract more tourists, GMC Hospital prepares medical packages that provide patients with all the services and information they need, including length of stay, cost estimation
and recovery period.

More than just a hospital
GMC Hospital, equipped with the most modern facilities, offers the latest techniques and procedures. These state-of-the-art facilities focus on what matters: more effective, efficient and pleasant solutions for patients.

Our mission calls for excellence in clinical care, research and education. Our commitment to this mission drives us to the cutting edge of science, technology and innovation. Having been part of society for over a decade, GMC Hospital is dedicated to improving community relationships in the Middle East and the rest of the world.

The number one differentiator for GMC is the calibre of its faculty. The number of specialties covered and the quality of our medical staff is second to none. Aligned to the achievement of our mission, all the physicians at GMC are committed to the delivery of high quality care.

The advantages for medical travellers visiting GMC Hospital include:

• no waiting lists;
• leading medical professionals, many of them internationally renowned;
• excellent post-operational treatment;
• personalised care of outstanding quality;
• English-speaking surgeons;
• English-speaking medical concierges;
• treatment results matching those of world-leading healthcare institutions;
• accommodation for the accompanying persons, with the possibility to share the patient’s ward;
• assistance with travel issues (documents and visas);
• the organisation of tourist tours and leisure activities;
• translation of necessary documents; and
• the price of a full-service package is much lower than in Western Europe.

The hospital’s mission is shaped by the basic value of “care without compromise”.  Our commitment to the integrity, comfort and well being of the individual – and a “conviction that medical education and research are essential to the provision of the highest quality patient care” – is what makes GMC Hospital a “welcoming and international-standard” institution.