Brunei can soon become a 'medical hub in the region'
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BRUNEI is well on its way to becoming a "medical hub" that can treat patients from neighbouring countries, said the executive director of the Brunei Neuroscience, Stroke and Rehabilitation Centre at Jerudong Park Medical Centre.
Professor Uta Meyding-Lamade said Brunei is the first country in Southeast Asia to acquire state-of-the-art machines to assist in rehabilitation treatment for acute stroke patients.
“Brunei is a beautiful country with a very peaceful surrounding. It can be the hub for the whole region. Not just Malaysia but even Singapore and Thailand are already requesting to take over patients in our rehab centre,” she said.
The professor was speaking on the sidelines of the Third International Neurological Symposium.
She added that with hotels available just minutes away from JPMC to accommodate foreign patients, Brunei is the ideal medical destination for people in neighbouring countries.
She said about 6,000 outpatients had undergone treatment at the centre.
Professor Werner Hacke at the University of Heidelberg said the prevalence of hypertension is higher in Asian and Arabic countries than European countries.
He said hypertension and obesity are more common in Asian societies.
“This is something to do with genetics and local habits.”
The latest blood clot treatment for stroke victims is called thrombectomy, he said.
When an artery is blocked by a blood clot, interventional radiologists sometimes use clot-dissolving drugs – also called thrombolytic, clot-busting or clot-lysing drugs – to eliminate the clot and restore blood flow.
Themed “The Future of Neurology”, this year’s conference featured five topics and focused on the evolution of psychiatry and treatment of neurological diseases.
