Rehabilitation professionals include a Physiatrist/Orthopaedic Surgeon, Rehabilitation Nurse, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, Audiologist, Prosthetic & Orthotic Engineer, Medical Social Worker, Psychologist, Vocational Counselor, Special Educator, Bio-medical Engineer. Services rendered by these professionals to the PWD are termed 'Rehabilitation Services'.

     Due to the varied Physical, Psychological, Social, Vocational and environmental problems of the PWD an Interdisciplinary Team Approach in is very essential in this process of rehabilitation management and is followed in the Institute.

     Rehabilitation services are offered to the various categories of physical impairments. After the Diagnosis is made by the medical department, these persons are assessed & evaluated in each of the service departments and a treatment plan is made individually , keeping in mind the overall goals of treatment for that person, planned by the rehabilitation team through clinical meetings.

SERVICES:- Steps :

• New Registration for treatment is done on OPD days i.e. Monday, Wednesday, Friday -  9 am to 12 noon,  free of cost at present (files are to be deposited in the Records section and cards given to the patients are to be produced  to access the files on each visit  to the Institute).

• Examination at the OPD level for the Diagnosis, Advice Investigations, Surgical opinions, Scheduling for surgeries, Follow- up advice and Team Consultations.

• Investigations - Radiology /Pathology etc. if required .

• Detailed evaluation of impairments and functions in the various Departments which could  take between 3-7 working days depending on the condition and its  severity.  

• Interventions in the respective Departments the duration  and frequency of which is  decided by the Team.

• Prescription  of appliances and measurements, trial, fitting  training and final fitting and delivery 

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  • Those patients  requiring reconstructive surgeries are given a date on a case to case basis            ( normally not exceeding 3 months)  which is coordinated with the trial date of the  appliances and  the entire procedure is completed within the shortest possible time. 

  • Enrolment for Disability Certificate is done on OPD days i.e. Mon, Wed, Fri and Certificates are issued on the same afternoon between 3 to 4 pm. Those  requiring additional investigations such as Xrays etc  are normally issued within  10 working days and for those  requiring detailed evaluation and computations within 15 working days.

  • After the Medical, Surgical, Rehabilitative, Social and Family Interventions  are completed, patients are provided information /training in  the Vocational Training Workshop and referred for Employment.

   

Disability Clinic

Enrolment for Disability Certificate is done on OPD days i.e. Mon, Wed, Fri and Certificates are issued on the same afternoon between 3 to 4 pm. Those  requiring additional investigations such as Xrays etc  are normally issued within  10 working days and for those  requiring detailed evaluation and computations within 15 working days.

Disability certificate form can be viewed here(Cannot be Downloaded)