This
department is in the close network of casualty and trauma
units.
It
offers closed reduction of fractures, fracture treatment
with external fixators, corrective surgery for birth
defects and mends bones, new or old.
The
department uses C-Arm image intensifier, Arthroscope
with shaver system, ventilators etc. The department
plans to adopt minimally invasive procedures for
treatment of fractures and undertake more complex
joint replacements.
PHYSICAL
MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION (PM & R) DEPARTMENT
The
interventions of the department with respect to patient
care fall in to medical, physiotherapy, occupational
therapy and social work. It means a holistic care
to patients. Physiotherapy includes acute care management,
mobility training, training in activities of daily
living and psychological support. Occupational therapy
aims at making patients functionally independent.
Thus, “paraplegics shall walk, Amputees shall
run..."
