A brain pacemaker has been implanted in two female patients to treatchronic epilepsy for the first time in Pakistan.
Dr. Asif Bashir, the Professor, and Head Neurosurgery UnitPGMI/Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS)Lahore General Hospital and the owner of the Bashir NeuroSpine Institute(BNI) introduced this treatment in Pakistan which involves implanting VagusNerve Stimulators (VNS) inside the body and performed the surgery for it ontwo patients.——————————
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One of the patients, called patient Maryum, is seven years old and hailsfrom Peshawar, and the other patient is 18-year old Aneesha Naresha fromKarachi. Both were suffering from drug-resistant or refractory epilepsy,for which they were treated and then discharged from the hospital after acouple of hours.——————————
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The Spanish specialist, Dr. Bashir, remarked that these surgeries have beenperformed in the United States of America for the last twenty years. Headded that the government needs to abolish the duty on surgical instrumentsto make the procedure affordable and frequently performable in Pakistan.
