Department of Neurosurgery was established at Allied Hospital Faisalabad, in 1990. Initially it was attached with Surgical Unit-I and six beds were allocated. At that time the staff consisted of one Assistant Professor with two house surgeons. The department was later on shifted to new place and the Posts of Associate Professor and Professor were created. Now it is 70 bedded full-fledged Neurosurgical Unit. All sorts of neurosurgical patient are treated and operations are carried out in the Department. This is the 2nd largest unit in the Punjab regarding teaching and training facilities. The Department is affiliated with UHS for MS Neurosurgery and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan Karachi for FCPS in Neurosurgery.

This Department was established by Dr. Tariq Salahud- Din who was appointed as first Assistant Professor in 1990, the Department has so far published 28 research papers in different national and international journals. This department has the honour of holding the 11th National Neurosurgical Conference & Workshops on Microsurgery and Stereotactic Neurosurgery. The Department has produced more than ten Neurosurgeons who are performing their duties as Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Senior Registrar at different places. At present 20 doctors are getting the Post Graduate Training in the field of Neurosurgery.

The Department of Neurosurgery has been upgraded during the last 2 years. Following facilities have been added.
1. State of the Art Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU) has been established. This is the first of its kind (Modular Fabrication) unit in the country.

2. State of the Art modular operation suits (03 Main Operation Theaters & 01 Emergency Operation Theater) with all modern facilities like, Neuro- Navigation, Neuro, Endoscopy, Intra-Operative Monitoring, Flouscopy, State of the Art Neuro Drill System have been added.

3. A fully functional Brain Care Unit (BCU) with 14 beds has been established to provide the best Brain Care to the Acute Head Injury Patients.

4. Neurosurgery Ward has been fully renovated & reconstructed with new fixture & imported Patient related furniture. CCTV cameras have been installed for the monitoring & security purpose.

5. A dedicated software has been developed for the computerized Patient record management & all the medical data is now available in electronic form.

The Department of Neurosurgery is working under the supervision of the Professor Dr. Muhammad Akmal Hussain. There is one Associate Professor Dr. Nazar Hussain, one Assistant Professor Dr. Inamullah Asghar, one Senior Registrar Dr. Wakeel Ahmad. A very active & energetic team is providing Neurosurgical services to the people of the Faisalabad District as well as other district of the Punjab.

Postal Address: Department of Neurosurgery, Allied Hospital Faisalabad.
Phone: 041-9210080
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