King Edward Memorial Hospital - Departments: occupational

Occupational therapy

Major Activities and Services

Some of the specialized facilities available in the department are:

Early Intervention Program in neonatology:
In this treatment program the therapist works in collaboration with the neonetologist. The therapist aid in early diagnosis of the infants with developmental delay. Therapy to help them achieve their milestones and minimize the motor and cognitive problems is then started immediately.
Community based rehabilitation in rural and urban population:
The primary goal here is to implement the domiciliary therapy program for the disabled people and take the therapy at the patient’s doorstep.
Preventive geriatrics:
A therapist works in collaboration with the physician to improve the quality of the senior citizens’ life.
De-addiction program:
Working towards helping the alcohol and drug addicts to improve their life habits, treatment of their perceptual deficits is part of the therapists role.
Work fitness evaluation:
Evaluating the functional capacity of mentally and physically handicapped individuals and then to plan the treatment program as per the patient’s requirements is where the therapist plays a very crucial role.
Sensory integrative therapy program for specific developmental disorders:
This is a scientifically proved effective treatment program used in cases of autism, attention deficit disorders and learning disorders.
Mobilization and home program for cardiac cases:
An occupational therapist, with the help of very specialized assessment strategies works to measure and improve the functional capacity of the cardiac patients. This scientific treatment modality helps in improving the quality of life of these patients.
Conservative management and rehabilitation of hemophilic patients:
Early conservative and late functional management of the hemophilic patients is the key word here.