Sardar M Alam.
Development of neurology in Pakistan.
Pak J Neurological Sci Jan ;8(1):1-1.

On the eve of the 20th Annual Neurology Conference we can look back over the last two decades to assess the development of Neurology in Pakistan. Neurology first functioned under the banner of Pakistan Academy of Neurological Sciences (PANS) and then as Pakistan Society of Neurology (PSN). The number of neurologists has increased from those that could be counted on the hands to a hundred and thirty six. I agree that this number includes many who do not have a major accreditation in Neurology i.e. hold a minor diploma but nevertheless their commitment to Neurological service and its improvement is not in question. The annual meetings of the society progressed from a half day meeting to two full day conferences. The Neurology Update meetings pioneered by our colleagues in Aga Khan University Hospital has become an Annual Neurological event that attracts our colleagues working outside Pakistan and the event has been taken up by other neurological centers of the country and rotates through them. The neurology society has branched into specialists societies as Pakistan Epilepsy Society, Pakistan Stroke Society, Pakistan Headache Society, which usually hold their meetings biannually.

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