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The
Unit covers around 22 child neurology beds with around 500
admissions yearly, 5000 outpatient examinations yearly and over 1500
EEGs and 250 EMGs (the only pediatric EMG in the whole Kuwait).
There is also strong Consultant service in the field of Child
Neurology, with 24-hour duty service for the whole Kuwait. The Unit
was completely renewed after the Gulf War and a lot of financial
support was given by institutions such as National Bank of Kuwait
(NBK) as well as some donations. The money was used primarily to
improve patients’ conditions in the Hospital and for extremely well
equipped Neurophysiology lab (two digital EEG machines, portable
EEG, video EEG, evoked potentials and
The Paediatric
Neurology services include:
1. An Inpatient Ward – 3: 20 beds runned by skilled nursing staff
who
deals with epilepsy and different neurological problems efficiently.
2. An Out Patient Clinic on Sunday & Tuesday, the number of patients
ranges between 230-323/month.
3. Consultations are covered daily in addition to the ward by a
consultant
neurologist who is responsible for calls from Al Jahra and Farwania,
Fever, Chest, the Al Sabah area specialty hospitals including
(Neurosurgery, general paediatric surgery at Ibn Sina,
Ophthalmology, Al Babtain Centre), ENT, Al Razi, Maternity Neonatal
unit, Cancer and Oncology Hospitals.
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