Expansion of Medical Testing Unit (MTU)

Our medical testing unit is a complete physiotherapy centre, set up in 1998 with aid from the Government of Japan with a single trained physiotherapist. It acts as a nerve centre and is extensively trusted by families of the physically challenged. This is quite a popular centre where not only the physically challenged, but also other rural population affected with orthopaedic problems, strokes and other neurological issues, come to avail the services offered by Amar Seva Sangam. Initially, due to poor awareness about physiotherapy among people and shortage of equipment, the service users were few. Now there are six qualified physiotherapists and one occupational therapist delivering their services at the centre. Owing to the increased awareness and availability of new advanced exercise and electrotherapy equipment, the number of service users has shot up.

1. Institution-based Rehabilitation

Amar Seva Sangam has started many initiatives over the years to rehabilitate physically challenged people in a lot of ways.

2. Rehabilitation

• Home for physically challenged poor children with free accommodation, food, clothing, medical care, appliances and education

• Day-care centre for special-needs children to train them on self-care, hygienic activities and necessary literary skills.

Early intervention programs to identify such children at a very young stage and then to rehabilitate them using modern techniques are also being carried out. Their parents are also being trained to help the children after they are discharged.

• Calliper making unit to make mobility aids to the needy free of cost.

• Medical testing unit to evaluate persons with disabilities, offer physiotherapy services, refer where necessary to specialised hospitals for corrective surgeries

• Post-acute care centre for the spinally injured, offering rehabilitation and medical intervention along with vocational training. Spinal cord Injured Post-Acute Care Centre Paraplegia and Quadriplegia patients are provided Post-Acute care like physiotherapy, medical support, nursing and counselling. After ensuring mobility, they are given vocational training for skill development depending on their physical condition and educational background.

3. Education

• Running an integrated Nursery, Middle and High school where local needy children, as well as physically challenged children staying at ASSA, are provided with quality education.

• Running an exclusive study centre of IGNOU and Alagappa University for higher learning to conduct diploma, degree and postgraduate courses.

• Running an institute to conduct diploma programs in rehabilitation.

4. Skill development of the disabled through vocational training

• Free vocational training for skill development in the areas of Computer operations, Advanced Information Technology, Typewriting, Notebook making and book binding, Tailoring and garment making, Handicrafts, Cell phone servicing, Servicing of home appliances and Soft skill training.

5. Village-based rehabilitation

• Our activities extend outside our premises too. Mainly, it is in the form of village-based rehabilitation initiatives where we have formed self-help groups and also established Respite centres in villages for daycare of physically and mentally challenged.

The expansion of the current facility along with the additional equipment has become very important to provide quality care to the increasing number of patients. We are also focusing on making modern technologies of rehabilitation accessible to the poor rural community and serve a larger population of patients with orthopedical and neurological issues.