Kolkata health institute ties up with corporate houses to finacially rehabilitate patients

KOLKATA: A Kolkata-based institute ties up with local corporate organisations for providing financial rehabilitation to patients who have either undergone or are undergoing physical rehabilitation for various injuries or ailment.

Recent studies suggest more than 50% of such patients in developing or underdeveloped countries do not get proper financial rehab. In the city Medical Rehabilitation Centre (MRC) had tied up with corporate houses for few of its patients for financial rehabilitation.

MRC founder and chief Dr Mouli Madhab Ghatak cited the example of an IT professional who after an accidental neck injury was rendered paralysed and was living a depressed life for ten long years and also applied for euthanasia

“Fortunately we came to know about him and immediately shifted him in to our centre. After eight month long vigorous treatment on multiple mode of medical management with rehab, bed sore surgery and others he started working with the computer. He was in dire need of a service to sustain. That time a Bangalore based company extended hands where he is now holding a managerial post there. His incident inspires the organisation to realise the need of financial rehab along with physical rehabilitation,” said Dr Ghatak.

On its 22nd year of foundation the organisation has taken up the case of about 10 patients who are being treated here but due to gross damage even after full rehab has to accommodate a partly disability life. The likes of Swami Suparnananda Maharaj, Secretary, The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Golpark was present during its foundation day when the flagship programme for financial rehabilitation of these patients were announced. Some corporate houses that is part of the programme by providing employment include Kudzu Infotech Pvt Ltd, Malak international, Radial Leather and Czar Leder.

Apart from this, the centre also has also comes up with first multi-disciplinary home rehab in various parts of Bengal as it is difficult for paralytic and elderly patients to travel for day care rehab in post COVID time along with new semi-charitable units in districts like Howrah, South 24 Parganas etc.