Special Clinics

 

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Special Clinics

 

Foot Clinic
Held on Mondays at 2 PM.
Patients having foot deformities or other foot related problems are evaluated by the doctors and where necessary, foot pressure analysis is done.  If orthotic devices are indicated, shoe inserts are machine molded as per the requirement.  A team of doctors along with the Prosthetist and Orthotists are available in the clinic. Patients for the clinic are seen only by prior appointments. One needs to be seen in the PMR OPD, the doctors in PMR decide if the patient needs to be seen in the foot clinic.


Prosthetic and Orthotic Check-out Clinic
Held on Thursdays at 2 PM.
Patients are prescribed Prosthetic and Orthotic (PO) appliances like belts, collars, calipers, artificial limbs, splints etc. in the OPDs/ Wards etc.  Such appliances are fabricated in our PO workshop. Prior to these being delivered to the patient, final check out is done by the doctors. Appointments are given to the patients whose jobs are pending in the PO workshop.

Disability Certification
Held on Mondays at 2 PM.

Most persons with disability require disability certificate.  Standards were laid down in expert group meetings held by our department and were later suggested to the Government of India.  These have been incorporated in the Gazette of India.  Please check the Government’s guidelines for issuance of Disability Certificates. Patients desirous of getting certificates of disability are advised to check the notification issued by the respective state governments from time to time. As per the latest guidelines, the certificates of disability shall be issued to the patients by the notified hospitals catering to the respective geographical area only.
Railway concession certificates for the persons with disability are issued to the needy.

Case Conference
Held on Fridays at 2 PM.
Problems of the patients requiring comprehensive rehabilitation are discussed by a team of doctors. Appointments for the same are given during OPD hours by the treating doctors. Decision to discuss the case is taken by the tre