NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute

HEALTH

NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute Gifts 

A New Life & Functional Independence

 To Two Extreme Patient Cases Of 

Spinal Cord Injury

NeuroGen Helps Virali Modi and Hutaib AdibTo

 Come Back To Life & Stand On Their Own Feet

by Shrutee K / DNS

Mumbai, July 22, 2015 :Rehabilitation of the spinal cord injured individuals is far one of the most challenging fields for the rehabilitation experts. Till today, there is very little to claim as a panacea for the spinal cord injury or regeneration of the damaged spinal cord. However the researchers all over the world find great hope in stem cell therapy (SCT) and it has been shown that SCT accelerates Rehabilitation’s role to bring independence in spinal cord injury patients. Hence SCT when coupled with extensive rehabilitation gives better results than only physiotherapy. This above statement can be best explained with two such medical cases of Paraplegia and Quadriplegia.

Dr Alok Sharma Professor & Head of Neurosurgery, LTMG Hospital & LTM Medical College, Sion Mumbai and Director NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute said “Spinal Cord Injury affects the person’s functional independence and has a major impact on quality of life, sense of self worth and consequential social participation. Whilst it is generally expected that the degree of functional independence achievable is dependent on a person’s spinal cord injury level, a person’s neurological level should not be viewed as strictly predictive but rather as indicative of potential function.”

The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that runs down the middle of your back. It carries signals back and forth between your body and your brain. Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when there is any damage to the spinal cord that blocks communication between the brain and the body. Spinal Cord injury occurs after road traffic accidents, railway accidents, falls from heights and sports injuries. It affects 25 out of every 10 lakh people. The consequences of spinal cord injury, whether it is paraplegia or quadriplegia, are severe and crippling.

Dr Nandini Gokulchandran, Deputy Director and Head Medical Services, Neuro Gen Brain and Spine Institute said“It has been a long standing belief that patients with paraplegia and quadriplegia following spinal cord injury (SCI) will remain wheelchair bound or bedridden for the rest of their lives. The medical community has always felt devoid of a tool to make these patients walk again. But, now with the emerging era of stem cell therapy we can make a difference in the quality of life of these patients and help them get back to their feet once again.”

Dr Alok Sharma further said “At Neuro Gen, the patients are not only given stem cell therapy but also put on an extensive rehabilitation program following stem cell therapy and are taught bed mobility techniques like rolling, getting up from lying down position as well as transfer techniques like transfer from bed to wheel chair and vice versa, wheelchair to car and so on.”

Dr. Nandini Gokulchandran further said ‘’ Stem Cell Therapy done at NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute is a very simple and safe procedure. Stem are taken from patient’s own bone marrow with the help of one needle and are injected back in their Spinal Fluid after processing. Since they are taken from the patient’s own body there is no rejection, no side effects, hence making SCT a completely safe procedure.’’

Based out of Nerul, Navi Mumbai, NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute, India’s first and only institute that offers not only just StemCell Therapy but also Rehabilitation as well. This 11-storeyed building is a super speciality hospital with 51beds and special rehabilitation therapy centres. Neurogen BSI has been set up to help patients suffering from incurable neurological disorders, get relief from their symptoms and physical disabilities by the use of stem cell therapy in a safe and effective way. NeuroGen BSI offers stem cell therapy and holistic rehabilitation for Neurological Disorders like Autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, brain stroke, muscular dystrophy, spinal cord injury, head injury, cerebellar ataxia, dementia, motor neuron disease, multiple sclerosis and neuropsychiatric disorders.  Till date, the organization has already successfully treated 3000 patients from over 33 countries.

NeuroGen Brain & Spine Institute, unique international centre of excellence for neurological disorders has been set up by Dr Alok Sharma, Professor& Head of Neurosurgery, LTMG Hospital & LTM Medical College, Sion, Mumbai. Dr. Alok Sharma is a world renowned Neurosurgeon, Neuroscientist and Professor who brings with him extensive surgical expertise & experience in the areas of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience and Stem cells.

Dr Alok Sharma further concluded saying “For all those millions of patients who had told by us earlier that nothing can be done medically for your illness, we can now say to you with reasonable confidence that with the availability of stem cell therapy and combined with neurorehabilitation, Achhe Din Aane Wale Hain! “.