Abu Dhabi, 29 March 2016: Manzil Health Care Services, one of the largest home healthcare providers has become the first stand-alone home care provider in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to receive accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI), the world’s largest and most recognised healthcare accreditor.
Founded by Emirati physician Dr Ghuwaya Al Neyadi, who is now a member of the Board, Manzil Health Care Services provides individualized care to patients at home through a team of highly qualified and licensed physicians, nurses and therapists. Manzil Health Care Services marks the second investment of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners into a UAE based healthcare company founded by a woman.
The company has developed rapidly since receiving investment from specialist private equity firm TVM Capital Healthcare Partners in 2012. Partnerships with leading U.S. healthcare establishments, and a commitment to quality patient care have been central to the company’s success, helping to ensure consistent delivery of world-class care.
“With an unwavering dedication to quality, Manzil has served people across the UAE as they cope with illness, or rehabilitate after hospital discharge, helping them to continue to lead better lives,” said Dr Helmut Schuehsler, who serves as the Chairman of the Board at Manzil Health Care Services and CEO of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners.
The JCI accreditation strengthens Manzil Health Care’s existing range of affiliations with best-in-class international experts and institutions, which include a partnership with the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, and the Joslin Diabetes Center, the world’s largest diabetes research center. Manzil Health Care Services also has an alliance with Planetree Inc., a not-for-profit organization that aims to transform the way healthcare is delivered, through an ethos of patient-centred care.
“I’m very proud of our team of more than 300 employees and their commitment to continuous quality improvement and how they deliver health care on a daily basis. Because of everybody’s joint efforts, we were able to achieve the Gold Seal of Joint Commission International, recognising the quality services and processes we have at Manzil”, said Ann Helen Viken, Managing Director of Manzil Health Care Services, Abu Dhabi.
“Manzil has become a true center of excellence, filling a previously unmet need in the UAE. Our Managing Director International, Jad Halaby, is leading the process of expanding this successful home care concept into other markets in the Middle East and North Africa, with offices in Cairo, Egypt and Qatar in the process of opening. These JCI accrediting processes and quality protocols will soon be replicated in these exciting growth areas in MENA” added Hoda Abou-Jamra, Founding Partner of TVM Capital Healthcare Partners and a Board member of Manzil Health Care Services.
Manzil Health Care Services was established in 2011 to deliver a range of services, including continuous care of chronic conditions at home covering both pediatric and adult patients, senior care, diabetes management, wound care, post hospital discharge care, as well as comprehensive physiotherapy.
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About TVM Capital Healthcare Partners
TVM Capital Healthcare Partners is a specialist private equity investor that focuses on meeting gaps in healthcare provision in emerging markets, including the Middle East, North Africa, India and Southeast Asia. The firm started operations in Dubai in 2007 and incorporated in 2009, and is part of the TVM Capital Group, an affiliation of global venture capital and private equity firms with an operating track-record of over 30 years.
TVM Capital Healthcare Partners’ team of investment professionals brings a wealth of experience in investment and successful exits across multiple markets. The company has also assembled a talented group of healthcare specialists, advisors and consultants who act as executives-in-residence in the TVM Operations Group – an accelerator company that supports the development of portfolio companies – and in TVM Healthcare Advisors, which provides research and advisory services. This team conceptualizes and develops new business opportunities that provide investors exclusively with proprietary transactions.
TVM Capital Healthcare Partners operates from the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) and is licensed and regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
About Manzil Health Care Services
Manzil Health Care Services was founded by Emirati physician Dr Ghuwaya Al Neyadi in 2011 as Emirates Outreach Healthcare Services and was majority-acquired by TVM Capital Healthcare Partners, a healthcare focused private equity investor in mid-2012. Manzil Health Care Services is now one of the largest home health provider in the UAE, headquartered in Abu Dhabi with representations in Dubai, Al Ain and Ras al Khaimah. Manzil Health Care Services is in the process of expanding its range of medical and rehabilitative care to Cairo, Egypt and Qatar.