Tuesday, 26 March 2013

70pc of 200,000 epileptic Karachiites not receiving treatment at the Dow University

Karachi

 

Up to 70 percent of around 200,000 people in Karachi suffering from epilepsy are not receiving any treatment, said the professor of neurology at the Dow University of Health Sciences on Tuesday.

 

Dr Saleem Ilyas was addressing a seminar to mark Purple Day: The Global Day of Epilepsy Awareness. It was attended by healthcare professionals as well as epilepsy patients.

 

He said that according to studies, prevalence of epilepsy was 1 percent,

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