Dow University of Health Sciences on Thursday inaugurated first public sector Sleep Laboratory at its Ojha Campus of Dow University in which specialised and experienced team of sleep professionals will provide highest quality of care for the evaluation and treatment of people with sleep disorders.
The new laboratory is located at the OPD block of Dow University Hospital and is accepting new patients. This is the first state-of-the-art well-equipped sleep laboratory which will perform sleep studies for the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders through collaboration between neurologists, pulmonologists, ENT specialists, dental surgeons and psychiatrists. Appropriate equipment (eg CPAP machine) is also made available to the patients to help them manage their condition.
The new sleep laboratory will offer variety of solutions to treat sleep disorders. The facility is aimed at providing reliable, high quality diagnosis and management of sleep disorders of international standard to the people at extremely economical rates as compared to the private sector. All patients with sleep disorders would undergo evaluation that includes a detailed medical and sleep history, physical examination and necessary investigations.