Walking school' for hospital
University Malaya Medical Centre is introducing the "Douglas Bader Walking School" at its physiotherapy unit to help patients with walking disabilities.
HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad contributed RM211,000 towards the initial costs.
The centre’s head of rehabilitation medicine, Associate Prof Datuk Dr Zaliha Omar, said an average of 100 patients a day undergo physiotherapy, and the "walking school" is expected to help them recover more quickly.
The Douglas Bader Walking School is a model of the facilities and rehabilitation training required to take amputees to a higher level of personal management.
It is part of the Douglas Bader Foundation, formed by the family and friends of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, British hero and legend, and a double amputee, who died in 1982.
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