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| Health Care Programme in India in the post-independent era has undergone a
radical change. The improvement in the health care has increased the life
span, decreased the mortality rate and also made a significant reduction in
the control of communicable diseases. With the socioeconomic and other
developments there has been a rapid increase in industrial, agricultural,
and road traffic accidents and spinal injuries cases are also on the rise. Many sociologists agree that with the development of any society, accidents also increase. This is known as “failure of success”. Although there is no reliable information about spinal injury incidence, it is assumed that there will be a large number of paraplegics and quadriplegics who are denied the opportunity for any care programme in India. Number of dedicated hospital beds for these patients and persons working full time in Rehab Programmes are very limited. In the new millennium India must have a comprehensive plan of action of prevention, early identification and rehabilitation care for spinal injured patients. The plan must begin with the grass root level such as village, tehsil, district and state capital and then reach the national level. NGOs plays a very major role in carrying out Rehab Care Programme in the country. There is a need for the government to encourage NGO’s movement for the welfare of these people. A developing nation like India should have an effective rehabilitation programme so that spinal injury patients can be economically productive and socially integrated in future. The rehabilitation of spinal injury patients is a difficult and complicated task. With the passing of PWD Act (95) the Government of India has given a strong priority on human right issues of the people with disability. Hope, they get their rightful place in out society. Dr. A.K. Mukherjee, Director General, ISIC |
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