Neurosurgical landscape in Pakistan : Past, present and future perspectives

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Intricate fields have always posed a challenge for the healthcare department all over the world, particularly in developing countries. This article elaborates on the history of neurosurgery in a developing country like Pakistan. In addition, it provides a summary of a roadmap that a young healthcare practitioner, who inspires to become a respectable neurosurgeon may need. After Pakistan gained its independence, Dr. Omer Wali Jooma became the first healthcare practitioner who planted the seed of an official department of Neurosurgery in Jinnah hospital, Karachi. Various challenges include the absence of a non-standardized curriculum, a non-updated syllabus, severe deficiency of neurosurgeons in a country facing massive growth spurt, lack of facilities for a young trainee etc. These factors contribute to the bleeding of the department from various sites and the wounds needs to be addressed and stitched as soon as possible to make the department successful.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 120(2024) vom: 01. Feb., Seite 115-119

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Javed, Saad [VerfasserIn]
Asad Asif, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Yaqoob, Eesha [VerfasserIn]
Mushahid, Zonaira [VerfasserIn]
Mohsin Arshad, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
Farooq, Minaam [VerfasserIn]
Chaurasia, Bipin [VerfasserIn]

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History
Journal Article
Neurosurgery
Pakistan

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jocn.2024.01.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367279827