Mission Statement
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The
National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped
is dedicated to the rehabilitation and improving accessibility by
designing, implementing, education, research and training of professional manpower for the
Orthopaedically handicapped population of the Republic of India.
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Institute Profile
The National Institute for the
Orthopaedically
Handicapped (or NIOH)
an apex institute in the
Country, was established in the year 1987 as an autonomous body under the
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. It is
committed to manpower development, to develop model services, conduct
research, standardize aids and appliances for the persons with orthopedic disabilities. This is in keeping with the formation of the National Institutes in each of the other three
categories of Visual,
Speech and Hearing and Mentally Handicapped as recognized by the World
Health Organization (WHO). CLICK
HERE for what's new at NIOH
So came about this apex organization which today
serves a
staggering number of patients per unit of time ! As an example,
one of the busiest departments of the institute, the Department of Physiotherapy attends to between one and three hundred patients a day ! All this and more at what price ? Not too much; actually quite reasonably this medical care is all free. Yes you heard it right. Free ! So can you go out and splurge? Well not quite. There is in the fine print of course!
Set on over 22 acres of land,
NIOH is a small
community within itself. There is the main building which is home to the management on the second level. The first level or the ground floor has the various patient services, including the medical outdoor and the pathology laboratory, the departments of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech, Language and Hearing, and finally the Prosthetics and Orthotics Engineering
workshop.
The offices of the Artificial Limb Manufacturing Corporation or
ALIMCOŽ is on the first level.
Behind the main residential building the Institute
has been
constructing new buildings which will eventually house several other projects and also the regional centers of the other
National Institutes as mentioned above.
Elsewhere, within the campus, the institute has
residences for its own staff and also an extensive hostel system for the students of the various professional courses run by the Institute which is now a clinical affiliate to The University of Calcutta.
For detailed information on the institute's activities and
services, please explore this web in its entirety.
Under the objective of
providing & developing model rehabilitation services for the person with
disabilities in the out reach areas, we organize service cum training camps in
different parts of the country . We propose to organize at least one camp in
your state in this financial year and likely to cover and benefit 400-500
disabled during five day camp. The program will be organized in collaboration
with the state Govt. & NGOs. The date / venue etc. may be finalized in
consultation with the State Govt.
To involve the local available resources both
manpower / professional and infrastructure and make the services cost effective
and sustainable, we propose to prepare a panel of available professionals in the
area who may be used subsequently in such programs and follow-ups.
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1999. The " National Institute for the
Orthopaedically Handicapped "
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