Sajid Zaheer Bhatti.
Rehabilitation medicine and Earthquake victims.
Anesth Pain Intens Care Jan ;9(2):11-6.

I understand that the authorities in Pakistan are serious in establishing the rehab centres in the country but they do not have sufficient number of rehab physicians to support a big programme. The doctor`s job is not just signing or issuing orders for a wheelchair or an artificial limb. Disabled are not managed merely by making purchases of wheelchairs and issuing these to all. It is the posture management that requires professional skills. A rehab physician is more deeply involved in the day-to-day management of the disabled people. There are some qualified rehab physicians in the army but they could be just enough to support their own services. Moreover you need someone from abroad to bring the spirit of multidisciplinary work for the disabled. Therefore I would suggest that the special and generous incentives be given to the foreign doctors to come. This is a review article.

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