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By Our Special Correspondent
The president of Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, S. K. Jain (left), the director and Vice-Chancellor of NIMHANS, D. Nagaraja, and the Additional Director-General (Health), Government of India, R. K. Srivastava (right), at the inauguration of the 33rd annual national conference of IAPMR in Bangalore on Friday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
BANGALORE, JAN. 28. It is a pity that social justice and empowerment departments are more involved in rehabilitating persons with physical disability than hospitals, Srivastava, Additional Director-General (Health), Government of India, said here on Friday.
Inauguration
Speaking at the inauguration of the 33rd annual national conference of the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR), he said that very few medical colleges had physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) as a subject. The colleges in the southern region were better off in this regard. "The Planning Commission has now approved the funding of PMR studies in select medical colleges. Among the five colleges selected is JIPMER in Pondicherry. "However, the colleges will not create any new posts for teaching PMR," Dr. Srivastava said. There were 120 district centres for rehabilitation across the country and it was proposed to integrate them with district hospitals to serve as a secondary level of intervention. The director and Vice-Chancellor of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, D. Nagaraja, said that a very small percentage of the gross domestic product was spared for rehabilitation. The mental and neurological aspects of rehabilitation were almost overlooked. "Close to two-thirds of those with disability may need some psychiatric rehabilitation. A multi-disciplinary approach is necessary. Rehabilitation is also more technology driven now and technical experts have to be involved," he said. He said that the disabled do not need sympathy, they only need their rights. Many disabled persons in the country were denied the right to lead a normal and productive life, he added.
Integration
The president of IAPMR, S.K. Jain, said that rehabilitation is an important part of public healthcare with factors, such as accidents, increasing the numbers of those needing rehabilitative care. There are almost 12 million persons in the country with some form of disability, he said. He also said that integration of the disabled into the community needs a lot of focus. Industries and business establishments should be persuaded and forced to employ more disabled persons, he added. The secretary of IAPMR, U. Nandakumar Nair, presented the annual report. He said that a few colleges in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and West Bengal were planning to include PMR in their curriculum.
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