“Dr. N. Balamurugan is a senior consultant neurologist at Sims Chellum Neuro Care Hospital in Salem. He is a full-time consultant, Founder and Director of the SIMS Neuro Care Hospital. He has over 25 years of clinical experience. He finished his MBBS and MD from Tanjore Medical College and obtained his DM from Bangalore's world-renowned neurology research centre, NIMHANS. He has presented many research papers on epilepsy, stroke and Parkinson’s disease in many international forums and has a special inclination towards the Tamil language. He was the first to start IV thrombolysis in stroke in Salem city and introduced botulinum toxin therapy in Salem. He and his team were the first and only ones to begin Deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for Parkinson’s disease in the Salem district. He is a renowned clinician, academician and teacher. Nearly 20,000 patients register annually for neurological problems. Mostly patients are referred from near by towns and villages, extending from Hosur to dindigul, Erode to Villupuram. The clinic has special counselling wing for women with epilepsy to demystify their doubts about marriage and child birth. SIMS Hospital is one of the leading hospitals for treatment of Neurology in Salem and it is equipped with the latest medical technology and infrastructure.”
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