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Mujahid Hospital, Madina Town, Susan Road, Faisalabad: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
IDC, 563-B, Satiana Road, Faisalabad: 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Most head injuries are minor and need observation, not surgery. A head injury becomes an emergency when there is repeated vomiting, worsening headache, confusion, drowsiness, a fit, weakness on one side, or bleeding or clear fluid from the ear or nose. A CT scan of the brain settles the question quickly. Go the same day.
Comprehensive care for head injuries, including trauma, concussions, or fractures. It may involve surgery, medications, and rehabilitation to prevent complications like brain swelling or bleeding.
Comparing endoscopic and microdiscectomy, or comparing surgeons? Send your reports on WhatsApp and ask directly which approach fits your scan. A straight answer is faster than another week of searching.
Ask which fits my scanWatch for vomiting more than once, drowsiness you cannot wake them from, a fit, confusion, bleeding or clear fluid from the nose or ear, or weakness in an arm or leg. Any one of these means the emergency room the same hour. If they stay alert, eat, and play normally, observation at home for 24 hours is usually enough.
Most minor head injuries heal completely. Headache, disturbed sleep and poor concentration can last some weeks and still settle on their own. Lasting weakness or paralysis comes from bleeding or swelling inside the skull, and that is exactly what a CT scan looks for. Problems found early can often be treated before they become permanent.
No. Most patients are managed with observation, a repeat CT scan, medicines for pain and swelling, and rest. Surgery is considered when a scan shows a clot pressing on the brain, a depressed skull fracture, or pressure inside the skull that keeps rising. If a surgeon tells you your scan does not need surgery, that is good news.
Massage, oil or a hakeem's dawa cannot drain a clot or lower pressure inside the skull, and the days lost are the real danger. Bleeding can grow quietly while the patient still looks fine. Go to the nearest hospital that has a CT scanner, even a small one in Jhang or Sargodha. Send the reports on WhatsApp afterwards and ask whether transfer to Faisalabad is needed.
It depends entirely on whether you need only a CT scan and observation or an emergency operation with ICU days. Ask the hospital for a written quote in PKR covering scan, admission, surgery, ICU, implants if any, and follow-up. Costs vary between hospitals, so get the figure in writing rather than over the phone, and bring the family member who decides.
Ask about your own scan. Send your MRI or X-ray on WhatsApp and get a straight answer on whether surgery is needed at all.
Dr. M. Abdur Rehman is a consultant neurosurgeon in Faisalabad. Send your scan on WhatsApp and ask what it actually shows.
Two clinics in Faisalabad, each with its own timing. Mujahid Hospital, Madina Town, Susan Road, Faisalabad: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. IDC, 563-B, Satiana Road, Faisalabad: 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Message before travelling to check availability on the day.