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About Neuromedicine Department
A full fledged Neurology unit is running in the Holy Family Red Crescent
Medical College & Hospital for more th5n ten years. There is Indoor
and Outdoor facilities for the patients and academic activities for the
undergraduate students.
Patients are admitted 24 hours a day, 7
days a week throughout the year. Alongwith the Intern doctors, senior
Residents are also on roster duty 24 hours a day and attend all new
admissions and any calls from admitted patients. Professorial staff are
also on call to attend to any emergency at any time.
Outdoor are
run by the Professorial staff, assisted by the Registrar, Residents and
Interns. Patients are seen on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00
am to 2:00 pm. Patients admitted in the ward are further followed up in
the outdoor, anc thus continuity of care is maintained in chronic
diseases like Stroke, Epilepsy and the different neuropathy and myopathy
patients. A computerised data bank preserves the records of all
patients under treatment of the unit.
There is an Intensive Care
Unit (ICU) in this hosp'�al and close co-operation is maintained between
the Neurology unit and the ICU. Stroke patients who are very sick are
admitted in the ICU and jointly, managed by both units. There is also a
Neurosurgical unit in the hospital which co-operates with the neurology
unit in management of any patient as required.
CT Scan is
available 24 hrs a day, so stroke patients can be scanned immediately.
All other routine investigations are also available at all times.
Students
from 3'd year to 5th year attend Neurology lecture classes. There is
also placement in the wards where bedside teaching with hands on
training is practised by the students.
Manpower: The department
is headed by a full tine in-house Professor. There is also an Assistant
Professor, a Registrar and three Residents in the department. Interns
are placed on rotation duty.
Professor and Head - Dr. Quzmruddin Ahmad, MBBS, FCPS (Medicine).
Assistant Professor - Dr. Nadira Sultana, V5135 MD (Neurology).
Registrar - Dr. Md. Ahosan Habib.
Residents: 1. Dr. Syed Faravee Masud.
2. Dr.. Nasiruddin.
3. Dr. Md. Ahsanuzzaman Khan.