Mobile Physiotherapy Units For The Disabled In Johor

MUAR, Dec 20 (Bernama) -- The Johor state government would establish mobile physiotherapy units to help rehabilitate the disabled in all Rehabilitation Centres Within Community (RCWC) in the state from next year.
Dr Robia Kosai, the chairperson of the State Women, Family and Community Development Committee, said for a start the first unit would be established to help RCWC centres around Johor Baharu before widening its role to other districts.
The unit would be established under the ‘smart partnership’ concept with private companies and welfare bodies who are willing to contribute RM750,000 to establish the mobile unit.
"For this purpose, we would modify a bus and equip it with all the facilities and physiotherapy equipment that would be useful to rehabilitate the disabled," she told a news conference here, Tuesday.
Earlier she officiated a function for the disabled at the Johor State level in Dewan Jubli Intan, Jalan Arab here. Also present at the event was the Johor Welfare Services Department Director Zaliha Kamaruddin and Muar District Officer Datuk Abdul Latif Yusuf.
Robia said the mobile physiotherapy unit is badly needed to overcome the problems caused by the acute shortage of physiotherapist where at present the ratio is one physiotherapist for 25 disabled persons.
When replying to reporters, Robiah said each of the mobile physiotherapy unit would be manned by a physiotherapist and four trained assistant nurses to help the disabled.