Ejisu Herbal Teaching Hospital

Physiotherapy or Physical Therapy is the provision of services to people and populations to develop maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability throughout the lifespan. It includes the provision of services in circumstances where movement and function are threatened by the process of aging or that of injury or disease. The method of physical therapy sees full and functional movement as the heart of what it means to be healthy.
Physical therapy is concerned with identifying and maximizing movement potential, within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. It involves the interaction between clients, families and caregivers, in the process of assessing movement potential and in establishing agreed upon goals and objectives using knowledge and skills unique to physical therapists.
The physiotherapy Department is under the Administration sub-BMC and it provides preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to its clientele.The clinical department offers services on out-patient and in- patient basis.

Mission Statement
Working in a team with other sub-BMCs, the physiotherapy department aspires to provide the highest quality of preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to its clients within available resources.
Developing excellence in teaching
Developing its staff through training programmes to enable them to operate in an effective and most efficient manner.
To promote research and dissemination of useful information to the general public.

Core Functions
Physiotherapists (PTs) provide valuable health care for people across the life span from birth to older age. The department provides preventive, curative and rehabilitative services to both in and out patients. In addition to this the department conducts research and facilitates the training of new therapists.

Services Run by the Department
- In Patient Services
- Out- Patient Services
- Paediatric Services
- Teaching introductory physiotherapy to medical students
- Teaching/supervising physiotherapy students during clinical postings.
- Supervising physiotherapy interns

Teams / Units During therapy sessions.
Orthopaedic / Accident Centre/ Chest Clinic physiotherapy Team