Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation-A New Horizon in Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital Swat KPK

Authors

  • Nisar-ud-din Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals, Saidu Sharif, Swat
  • Saima Rahman Department of Dermatology SGTH Swat

Abstract

Rehabilitation is a term which is generally perceived to be linked into physical therapy, geriatrics, drug addiction, mental disorders or care of individuals with chronic illnesses. The core concept of rehabilitation is poorly understood among the general public and also in medical professionals. In Pakistan, the general perception about rehabilitation is “physiotherapy” because the department previously named the physiotherapy department were now converted to rehabilitation medicine department after availability of FCPS qualified rehabilitation
medicine consultants.

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Published

27-09-2023

How to Cite

1.
Nisar-ud-din, Saima Rahman. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation-A New Horizon in Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital Swat KPK. J Saidu Med Coll Swat [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 27 [cited 2023 Nov. 28];13(3):129-31. Available from: https://jsmc.pk/index.php/jsmc/article/view/814