The treatment process, carried out in collaboration between Kastamonu University Faculty of Medicine and Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital, restored the health of 67-year-old Safiye Kuru, who had been unable to walk for years.

Kuru, who began experiencing weakness and fatigue in her 40s, later developed gait abnormalities, which made it nearly impossible for her to walk by her 60s. Having suffered from limited mobility for a long time, she was examined by Associate Professor Dr. İdris Kocatürk, Head of the Department of Neurology at Kastamonu University Faculty of Medicine, and admitted to the Neurology Service of Kastamonu Training and Research Hospital. Following the examinations, Kuru was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

The patient, who was started on corticosteroid therapy as part of her treatment, began walking again from the third day onward. After a nine-day hospital stay, Kuru was discharged and experienced the joy of walking on her own for the first time in seven years.

Expressing her happiness, Safiye Kuru said: “I used to say I couldn’t walk anymore. My leg felt like wood. Thank God, thanks first to Allah and then to my doctor, I started walking without needing anyone. I am grateful to our government and our doctors.”

Associate Professor Dr. İdris Kocatürk, Head of the Department of Neurology at Kastamonu University Faculty of Medicine, who evaluated the treatment process, explained that MS progresses slowly with complaints such as fatigue, loss of strength, and numbness in later years, which makes diagnosis difficult.

Dr. Kocatürk added: “Thanks to the efforts of our faculty’s physicians at KEAH, early diagnosis and treatment of such diseases are becoming possible. Our multiple sclerosis outpatient clinic, which is open every Friday, also provides an important opportunity for MS patients.”