MD, Mch courses in Neurology soon in Bihar medical colleges

The Bihar government has decided to launch courses in Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Magister Chirurgery (Mch) of Neuorology in all medical colleges in the state with an aim to cater to medical needs of epileptic patients, Health Minister Ashwani Chaube said today.
The courses for MD and Mch in Neurology in all medical colleges in Bihar will start within a year so that the epileptic patients could get specialised treatment, he said at a symposium on 'Neurology Update'.
A committee of renowned neurologists will be set up soon to advise on the contents of the proposed syllabus for the courses in MD and Mch in Neurology, Chaube said.

The health minister further said that the medical colleges have decided for wards for treatment of the epilepic patients and related facilities like CT Scan and MRI machines for which funds have been made available to some medical colleges and tenders floated for purchase of these equipment.
He stressed on the need for raising awareness among the people that the epilepsy disease is curable with proper treatment and asked people to refrain from taking services of quacks or using objects like shoes to treat such patients.
Referring to occurrence of the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AEC) and the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) every year causing deaths of hundreds of children in Bihar, he said a task force has been set up to provide vaccination to the children in Patna and Magadh divisions - the epicentre of such disease.