The department of Paediatric Neurology was started at the BJWHC in 1993. Over years it has developed into a tertiary referral centre for entire Western India.
It runs 4 specialised clinics every week that run from 9 am to 4 pm, well beyond their routine time of 1 pm. Each clinic takes care of
subsets of patients suffering from developmental delay, autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy and general neurology, The department also has facilities for video EEG and EMG and work closely with imaging specialists and neurosurgeons.
The Neurology department offers care and treatment to patients suffering from the following neurological conditions :
- Neurological Diseases & Disorders
- Arachnoid Cysts
- Bone Dysplasia/Achondroplasia
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Brain Tumour
- Chiari/Syringomyelia
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Craniosynostosis
- Epilepsy
- Foetal CNS Abnormalities
- Fibrous Dysplasia
- Hydrocephalus
- Ventriculoperitoneal shunting
- Macrocephaly
- Neural Tube Defects
- Meningocele repair
- Myelomeningocele
- Neurofibromatosis
- Plagiocephaly
- Pseudotumor Cerebri
- Skull Fracture
- Spasticity/Cerebral Palsy
- Spinal Cord Injury/Disc Herniation/Back Pain
- Stroke/Cerebrovascular Aneurysm/Moya Moya
- Tethered Spinal Cord
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Vascular Malformations