Saad Shafqat.
Neurology in Pakistan – a vision.
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;1(3):159-61.

A realistic vision for neurology in Pakistan must include advances in all three key areas of teaching, service and research. We have the resources and professional strength to continue to develop high-quality neurology and neurological subspecialty training programs throughout the country. This will produce a large cadre of specialists and subspecialists. At the same time, economic development can be expected to improve health facilities, including widespread availability of CT and MR scanning, as well as of clinical neurophysiology tools and technologists. As academic departments flourish, a steady locally relevant research output in the form of novel diagnostic and therapeutic developments can be expected to follow. Ultimately, government action through public health programs and policy advocacy will translate these advances into benefits for patients. It will not be easy, but then hardly anything is. Perhaps we can be forgiven for thinking that we are standing on the edge of a defining era for neurology in Pakistan. This is a review article.

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