FSHN sheds light on neurodegenerative diseases
Fawzia to host lectures on diagnosis and care of ALS patients
KUWAIT CITY, June 3: In line with its commitment to providing specialized treatment in Kuwait, the Fawzia Sultan Healthcare Network (FSHN), will be hosting a series of lectures dedicated to understanding the diagnosis and care of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in Kuwait. The lectures will be hosted by the Chief of Neurology Services, Dr Merit Cudkowicz, and Nurse Practitioner, Ms Darlene Sawicki, Co-Director the ALS Clinic at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The lectures will be hosted as a step towards broadening Kuwait’s medical spectrum in the field of neuroscience. A focused lecture will be hosted at The Promenade Culture Centre on June 5th at 10 am and will be led by Ms Sawicki, which will discuss the best practices of caring for patients with neurodegenerative diseases, including possible challenges and different techniques to best cope with the patient and provide the utmost level of care.
“At FSHN, we are committed to continued professional development and research and we believe that such lectures provide a platform to engage with Kuwait’s healthcare providers and caregivers to help provide our society with the best care possible,” said Dr Elham Al Hamdan, President and Medical Director of FSHN. “We are launching a new specialized clinic that will provide multidisciplinary care for patients with ALS. Our Neurorehabilitation and Elderly Care Unit teams are in talks with the renowned physicians from the Massachusetts General Hospital to discuss future collaborations and to benefit from their wealth of expertise in the field of neuroscience,” added Al Hamdan.
The upcoming lectures are part of a commitment to education and continued learning by FSHN, in which international physicians and specialized clinicians are invited to Kuwait to exchange their expertise with local specialists and to learn from the healthcare network’s highly qualified specialists. In addition, FSHN hosts international consultants to train local specialists and treat patients who have severe conditions and are in need of other special medical treatments.
Interested specialists and caregivers can register to attend the lecture titled “Caring for a person with a neurodegenerative disease” through emailing s.whitehead@fshnkuwait.org. Additional information or queries about the lecture can be channeled through the FSHN official social media channels, @FSHN-KW on Instagram and @ FSHNKuwait on Facebook.
Fawzia Sultan Healthcare Network is a multidisciplinary non-profit clinic based in Kuwait. It employs a highly specialized team of clinicians, providing exceptional quality of healthcare services and compassionate care across a number of specialty areas including: pediatric rehabilitation (at its Children Evaluation & Rehabilitation Centre: CERC), family medicine, preventative medicine, mental health and wellness, physiotherapy & occupational therapy, speech therapy, neurology, elderly care, women’s health and research and education.