Neurosurgery services
have been started in Jai Prakash hospital of Bhopal to facilitate patients
suffering from brain disorder. The medical examination related to brain
injury, brain tumor, brain hemorrhage, paralysis beside other diseases will
be conducted and treatment will be given by the Neurosurgeon Dr. Yogesh
Tiwari. He will examine the patients every Tuesday and Thursday in the OPD
of the hospital and conduct the surgery every Monday and Wednesday.
Children, who visit DEIC will be examined once a week.
Free Neurosurgery of
Children up to 18 years of age
Chief Medical and Health
Officer Dr. Sudhir Jesani informed that along with beginning of neurosurgery
OPD in J.P. Hospital, neurosurgery of identified children up to 18 years of
age, who are suffering from neural tube defect and other surgeries will also
be carried out free of cost under the National Child Health Programme. After
the approval, model costing amount will be provided to the civil surgeon in
this connection. Similarly, the surgery of people living below the poverty
line will be conducted free of cost under the State Illness Assistance Fund
Package. Charges for surgery of patients living above the poverty line will
be determined by the Patients Welfare Committee.
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