Neurosurgical landscape in Pakistan: Past, present and future perspectives.
J Clin Neurosci
; 120: 115-119, 2024 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
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.
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MEDLINE
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Neurocirugia
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Humans
País como asunto:
Asia
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2024
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