Healthcare Services: Open OPD at the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Yangon General Hospital, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation has out-patient and in-patient wards. The department undertakes care of patients requiring such as stroke, Osteoporosis, spinal cord injury and brain injury patients as well as medical treatment.These patients are being treated with physical activity exercises to make them healthy as soon as possible.

Professor Khin Myo Hla, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, said " The most common injuries in people with osteoporosis are broken wrist, broken hip fracture and broken spinal bones. Especially, broken hip fracture are common in women. Prevention is better than cure.  So, make sure we don't slip and walk with care. Strengthening our core and balance exercises will reduce the risk of slips. Falls causes a serious injury, such as a broken bone or head injury. If the people have abroken bone, the relevant doctors must treat it first. After that, we have to do physical therapy to recover normal mobility. Depending on the condition of the patient, there are OPD and hospital treatment.We need to do exercises to prevent osteoporosis. Walking for half an hour a day is the best exercise."

The outpatient ward is open every week on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.The Ministry of Health also provide modern machines as well as robotic machines so that patients can be treated as soon as possible for their recovery.