Neurology
The Neurology Department was formally inaugurated on 2nd August, 2023. Until then, a sub-set of neurological patients had been seeing Dr Kuruvilla Varkey, our senior most Physician and former Head of Department of Medicine. More recently, over the past five years, one-day Neurology Clinics were organized once in a month in coordination with Neurologists and technicians who would help with NCS, EMGs and EEGs.
Scope of Services
Out- Patient Care
The neurology department runs an out-patient service from 8 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday taking care of patients with various neurological diseases and symptoms- from strokes & their follow-up and rehabilitation, seizures, headache, Trigeminal neuralgias, Bell’s p. Falsies, Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, spinal cord disease including cervical and lumbar spondylitis and with or without radiculopathy, entrapment syndromes like Carpel tunnel syndrome, dystonia, benign tremors, neurodegenerative diseases like Spino-cerebellar ataxia , Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and dementia.
Inter-departmental liaison
Regular follow up and titration of medications are done in the out-patient department. We provide comprehensive neurological care through a collaborative approach, ensuring our patients receive specialized support across every stage of their recovery:
- Out-Patient Care: Dedicated regular follow-ups and precise titration of medications to manage chronic conditions effectively.
- Rehabilitation & Therapy : In coordination with Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Audiology and Speech Therapy, we help stroke patients regain independence by addressing limb weakness and speech or swallowing difficulties.
- Ophthalmology Services : Close monitoring for patients with headaches or Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension to rule out or confirm papilloedema and various forms of optic neuritis.
- Neuro-Psychiatry : Specialized consultation for patients experiencing aggressive behavior or neuro-psychiatric manifestations of neurological diseases.
- Pediatric & Developmental Support : Combined follow-up care for children with seizures and expert assistance from Developmental Pediatrics for children and adolescents with developmental delays.
- Pediatric & Developmental Support : Combined follow-up care for children with seizures and expert assistance from Developmental Pediatrics for children and adolescents with developmental delays.
- Orthopaedic Collaboration : Integrated care for patients suffering from back pain, focusing on conservative treatment methods.
- Palliative & Community Health Compassionate support and symptom management for patients living with progressive neurological diseases.
- Advanced Diagnostics : On-site Radiology services, including an in-house CT scanner and a campus-based MRI machine for rapid, high-quality imaging
In-Patient Care
Care of the Acute Stroke patient- if in the window period, the option for Thrombolysis is given. Haemorrhagic strokes are admitted and managed with aggressive blood pressure lowering and regular neurological assessment. Referral for decompression surgery is done if patient has an increased risk of coning/herniation
- Treatment of patients with meningitis/ encephalomeningitis
- Done for patients with AIDP (Guillian Barre syndrome) requiring IV Ig infusion
- Patients with peripheral neuropathy for evaluation and treatment
- Chronic stroke patient for rehabilitation
- Refractory seizures
- Treatment of patients with transverse myelitis, optic neuritis, NMO spectrum of diseases
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Facilities
Neurophysiology lab and servicesElectro-encephalograms (EEG) for all age groups
Nerve conduction studies (NCS) to study the peripheral provides CMAP, SNAP, with H and F reflexes.
Repetitive Nerve conduction (RNS) studies to rule in myasthenia gravis.
Electromyogram (EMG) done to confirm diseases like ALS, Myopathies
Blink reflex to study the 7th cranial nerve
Visual Evoked Potential (VEP)to assess 2nd nerve
Somato- sensory evoked potential (SSEP)