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Medical centre in Kenya to be set up with Indian assistance

NEW DELHI: The Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC) is going to help set up a similar health care facility in Kenya.

To be called the Kenya Spinal Injuries Centre (KSIC), it will get help from ISIC in conception and development and getting it operational.

ISIC through regular visits will train their staff in India and Kenya and also help KSIC source grants in order to make the new project a success. ISIC is also providing technology transfer and other medical practice facilities.

ISIC chairperson Major H. P. S. Ahluwalia said here on Monday: “Africa lacks facilities for spinal injury management. By helping KSIC set up a facility for spinal injury management, ISIC hopes to reach out to not only spinal injury patients in Kenya but also to people from other neighbouring countries who routinely come there for treatment. If this initiative is successful, it will set the trend for many such centres to come up in different parts of Africa and around the world.”

ISIC will also help start a Bachelor in Physiotherapy (BPT) or Bachelor of Rehabilitation Science (BRS) course at Nairobi. At present, Kenya offers a diploma in physiotherapy only.

“ISIC will also assist in equipping the rehabilitation centre, to offer facilities for practical training and learning for students/interns organise orientation course of three months at ISIC for doctors and physiotherapists and admit candidates from Kenya for Masters in Physiotherapy (MPT) at ISIC Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences,” said ISIC in a release on Monday.

KSIC will also work with other national institutions and partners in implementing programmes that will promote prevention of spinal injuries and cater to the needs of patients in three major areas including participation in national regulatory mechanisms and public health interventions for prevention of injuries, particularly spinal cord injuries, and working with partners in providing rehabilitation services.

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