NEUROLOGY
Fatima Memorial provides both clinical and diagnostic care to neurology patients.Diseases which are treated by the division of Neurology at FMH include :
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Stroke
- Headache
- Muscular Diseases
- Peripheral Neuropathy, carpel tunnel syndrome
- Sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia
- Epilepsy
- Back pain
- Bell’’s Palsy
- Vertigo, dizziness
- Multople Sclerosis
- Motor Neuron Disease
- Central Nervous System Tumors
- Head injury
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Central Nervous System infections
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Hydrocephalus
The facilities available are as following
Digital EEG facility: A digital EEG machine is available to diagnose patients with seizure disorder.
Sleep Laboratory: It is a sleep laboratory of International Standards and Sleep Disorders like Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Insomnia etc. are diagnosed.
Student and PG trainee teaching: Medical students and Post-graduate trainees rotate regularly through the department of Neurology. They are exposed to a rich variety of patients admitted in the wards and various rooms of the hospital and also get a chance to benefit from the medical equipment available in the department that helps them to learn about diagnosis and treatment of various Neurological disorders.
In case of Stroke the following facilities are available
- 24 hour Emergency room
- CT Scan of Brain
- Laboratory Services
- Echocardiogram
- Carotid Doppler
- C.G
- ICU Facilities
CONSULTANTS AVAILABLE:
Prof. Dr. Nauman Tarif-Professor
Dr. Omer Sabir-Assistant Professor
Dr. Atiq-Ur-Rehman – Professor and Head of Department