Physios not keen to work in goverment homes for disabled

Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Physiotherapists in Malaysia are not interested in working in government-run homes for the disabled, said Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk G. Palanivel.
“We have enough physiotherapists in the country, but they don't like to work in the government homes for the disabled.
“And that is a problem,” he told the press after launching the Living and Learning Aids for Handicapped Children project here yesterday.
He said that the positions were available, and the allocations for hiring them were already in place.
“But what is lacking are the therapists.
“We have advertised and called for people to fill these positions, but nobody wants to do it,” he said.
According to the Ministry's Social Welfare Department director-general Datuk Rafek Reshidullah, there are 11 homes for the disabled that are in need of physiotherapists.
At the event organised by the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur in partnership with Siemens, 100 children received 100 pairs of hearing aids valued at RM550,000 in total, in the first phase of their project.
Club president David Teh said that in phase two and three of the project, they aimed to help the visually impaired and mentally challenged children by providing aids such as magnifying glasses, talking watches, personal learning tools and balancing tools.