National programme on orientation of medical officers working in primary health centres to Disability Management :
Why the National Programme?
The Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, passed by the Indian Parliament seeks, inter alia, to create a conducive environment in the country to facilitate equal participation of and giving an opportunity to the disabled to join the mainstream and contribute increasingly in the process of nation building. The act also prescribesin Chapter IV (d) to provide training to the staff in the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to help create better service facilities in thecountry. The Primary Health Centre (PHCs) network in India is largely rural-based and it is the only structure within the health services delivery mechanism, which functions throughout the nook and corner of the country and has got necessary minimum infrastructure to providevarious services for the people living in rural areas. Hence, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) felt that sensitizing the Medical Officers working in the Primary Health Centre on some of the important aspects of disability prevention, early identification, intervention, referral and rehabilitation, valuable services could be rendered to the people of rural areas.
Launching and Implementation of the Programme
The programme was launched throughout the country on 30th July 1999. It s being implemented in two stages. In the first stage, Master Trainers including Medical and Rehabilitation Professionals are trained and in the second, the trained Master Trainers orient the Medical Officers to disability management. The Programme is implemented in various States of the country under the direct supervision of a State Implementation Committee (SICOM) constituted under the Chairmanship of the State Health Secretary or a Designated Officer. The Secretaries/ Representatives of the Departments of Welfare and Education are also included in the Committee to give the programme wider thrust. After the SICOM is formally constituted in a State, the State's Health Department issuesletters to the District Medical Officers/ Civil Surgeons to depute the Medical Officers of the Primary Health Centre to participate in the programme.An Apex Co-ordination Committee is also constituted by the RCI to co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate programme implementation at the country level.
Normally, nine Medical and Rehabilitation Professionals participate in a Master Training batch and 20 Medical Officers participate in a Primary Health Centre Medical Officers' orientation batch. So far, 642 Master Trainers have been trained up to March 04. and 18,519 Primary Health Centre Medical Officers have been trained.
The programme is implemented by selected government and non-government agencies. These agencies have been selected to impart training because of their distinguished experience in delivery of disability/ rehabilitation services and also on the basis of possessing suitableinfrastructure , faculty, laboratory, equipment, etc. The council is in the process of extending the programme to unrepresented states soon.
Strengthening of Institutional Training Capacity by Provision of Training Material
A Manual containing the prescribed curriculum by various experts on disability/ rehabilitation, an Information Booklet incorporating various relevant information like the structure, function, etc. of the RCI, concessions offered to the persons with disabilities by the Central Government, nodal agencies working in the field of disability, special employment exchanges, vocational rehabilitation centres etc., a list of organisations working in various areas of disability in different States/ Union Territories (UTs), a list of concessions offered by the concerned States/ UTs, Video Cassettes on various areas of disability have been provided by the RCI to help the training institutions provide better quality of training.
Expected Benefits of the Programme
The programme is expected to generate the following benefits in the short as well as in the long run.
This programme is first of its kind in the following aspects :
Why the National Programme?
The Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, passed by the Indian Parliament seeks, inter alia, to create a conducive environment in the country to facilitate equal participation of and giving an opportunity to the disabled to join the mainstream and contribute increasingly in the process of nation building. The act also prescribesin Chapter IV (d) to provide training to the staff in the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) to help create better service facilities in thecountry. The Primary Health Centre (PHCs) network in India is largely rural-based and it is the only structure within the health services delivery mechanism, which functions throughout the nook and corner of the country and has got necessary minimum infrastructure to providevarious services for the people living in rural areas. Hence, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) felt that sensitizing the Medical Officers working in the Primary Health Centre on some of the important aspects of disability prevention, early identification, intervention, referral and rehabilitation, valuable services could be rendered to the people of rural areas.
Launching and Implementation of the Programme
The programme was launched throughout the country on 30th July 1999. It s being implemented in two stages. In the first stage, Master Trainers including Medical and Rehabilitation Professionals are trained and in the second, the trained Master Trainers orient the Medical Officers to disability management. The Programme is implemented in various States of the country under the direct supervision of a State Implementation Committee (SICOM) constituted under the Chairmanship of the State Health Secretary or a Designated Officer. The Secretaries/ Representatives of the Departments of Welfare and Education are also included in the Committee to give the programme wider thrust. After the SICOM is formally constituted in a State, the State's Health Department issuesletters to the District Medical Officers/ Civil Surgeons to depute the Medical Officers of the Primary Health Centre to participate in the programme.An Apex Co-ordination Committee is also constituted by the RCI to co-ordinate, monitor and evaluate programme implementation at the country level.
Normally, nine Medical and Rehabilitation Professionals participate in a Master Training batch and 20 Medical Officers participate in a Primary Health Centre Medical Officers' orientation batch. So far, 642 Master Trainers have been trained up to March 04. and 18,519 Primary Health Centre Medical Officers have been trained.
The programme is implemented by selected government and non-government agencies. These agencies have been selected to impart training because of their distinguished experience in delivery of disability/ rehabilitation services and also on the basis of possessing suitableinfrastructure , faculty, laboratory, equipment, etc. The council is in the process of extending the programme to unrepresented states soon.
Strengthening of Institutional Training Capacity by Provision of Training Material
A Manual containing the prescribed curriculum by various experts on disability/ rehabilitation, an Information Booklet incorporating various relevant information like the structure, function, etc. of the RCI, concessions offered to the persons with disabilities by the Central Government, nodal agencies working in the field of disability, special employment exchanges, vocational rehabilitation centres etc., a list of organisations working in various areas of disability in different States/ Union Territories (UTs), a list of concessions offered by the concerned States/ UTs, Video Cassettes on various areas of disability have been provided by the RCI to help the training institutions provide better quality of training.
Expected Benefits of the Programme
The programme is expected to generate the following benefits in the short as well as in the long run.
- Large scale direct benefit of various services like prevention, early identification, referral, rehabilitation etc. to the rural populace as the Primary Health Centre largely cater to their need;
- Saving large sums of money in the long run for the National Exchequer as the Primary Health Centre Medical Officers will be able toprevent or identify any disability problem at an early stage, which would otherwise have required huge investments for rehabilitationof persons with disabilities;
- Increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the disability prevalence or impact will be less;
- Decrease in the severity/ extent of disability in millions of cases;
- Wide and improved service network for the persons with disabilities even in the remotest corners of the country;
- Decrease in the magnitude of disabled population;
- Awareness creation among the health workers through the Primary Health Centre Medical Officers which will percolate to the lowest level as the lower level health workers function within the community;
- Larger social participation to prevent disability and also creation of a collective responsibility framework in the broad spectrumof the society;
- Social and economic empowerment of the persons with disabilities;
- Leadership building in the Primary Health Centre Medical Officers to help create better sensitization in the grassroots level
which will ultimately ensure better implementation of the Persons With Disabilities Act, 1995;
This programme is first of its kind in the following aspects :
- First programme on disability aiming to cover all the Primary Health
Centre of the country; - First disability related programme launched and being implemented with the direct involvement of the
State Health Secretary/Health Department; - First disability programme catering exclusively to the needs of the rural population; and
- First disability programme with a curriculum covering almost all the aspects disability coupled with field experience.
S.No. | Name of Institution | Name of Contact Person and Designation |
Phone and Fax | |
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ANDHRA PRADESH | ||||
1 | Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped, Vivekananda Nagar, Dilsukh Nagar, Hyderabad-500060 |
Prof. T. Revathy, Director General |
040-4044735 fax-4045292 |
Thpihyd@ hotmail.com |
2 | Rural Project of Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped, H.No 4/ 186, Lala Cheruvu, Rajahmundry-533106 |
Thakur Vijay Prasad, Project Director |
0883-448347 Fax-443356 |
- |
ASSAM | ||||
3 | Shishu Sarothi, Centre for Rehabilitation and Training for Multiple Disability, Ramakrishna Mission Road, Birubari, Guwahati-781016 |
Mrs. Vrinda Crishna, Director |
0361-470990 (F)-PP 547395 |
shishu_sarothi @yahoo.com |
BIHAR | ||||
4 | J.M. Institute of Speech and Hearing, Indrapuri, P.O. Keshri Nagar, Patna-800024 |
Mr. Manoj Kumar, President |
0612-264805 Fax-269396 |
- |
5 | Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Patna Medical College Patna-800004 |
Dr. A.K. Verma, Head of Dept |
0612-670132 Res-670812 Clin-351992 Fax-669519 |
Ajitverma592 @yahoo.com |
CHANDIGARH | ||||
6 | Government Medical College Hospital State Research Centre cum Rehabilitation Centre Chandigarh-160047 |
Prof. Raj Bahadur, Nodel Officer |
0172-608480, 665253 Fax-608488, 609360 |
- |
DELHI | ||||
7 | Deptt. of Rehabilitation, Safdarjung Hospital Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi |
Dr. H.C. Goyal, Consultant and Head |
61614887(O) 3916060® |
- |
GOA | ||||
8 | Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Goa |
Dr. Dominic F.E. Menezes, Secretary |
0832-230250(O) 227652® 225465® |
- |
GUJARAT | ||||
9 | Blind People's Association (India), Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Road, Vastrapur Ahmedabad-380015 |
Dr. Bhushan Punani, Executive Director |
079-6304070(O), 6305082(O) Fax-6300106 |
Bpa@vsnl .com |
10 | Prerna Institute, 11, Krishna Kunj Society, Behind Shimahal Palace, JatelPur Road, Vadodara-39007 |
Dr. Mayur N. Patel, Director |
0265-358134 Fax-359224 |
- |
11 | National Association for the Blind, Bhavnagar, District Branch, Opp. New Filter, Vidyanagar, Bhavnagar - 364001 |
Mr. K.K. pandya, Co-ordinator |
0278-423917, 420836, 429326, 431150 (extn 305) Fax-431160 |
- |
12 | National Association for Blind, Jamnagar |
Dr. Bhushan Punani | - | - |
HARYANA | ||||
13 | Haryana Saket Council Saket Hospital, Chandimandir-134107 |
Dr. C.S. Ramavat, Chief Admn. Officer |
0172-563724, 589561(O) 589509® |
- |
14 | Red Cross Institute for the Mentally Handicapped Children, Gandhi Nagar, Rohtak-124001 |
H.R. Dhall, Project Director |
01262-43817(O) 45295® |
Pankajparag @yahoo.com |
JAMMU AND KASHMIR | ||||
15 | Director Health Services, Old Secretariat Srinagar |
Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed, Director |
0194-452052(O), 42719® Fax-457303, 472958 |
- |
KARNATAKA | ||||
16 | All India Institute for Speech and Hearing, Manasaganothri, Mysore - 570006 |
Dr. M.Jairam, Director |
0821-515448(O) Fax-510515 |
Root@ alish.ernet.in |
17 | National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), P.B.2900, Bangalore-560029 |
Dr. T. Murli, RCI Co-ordinator |
6568121, 6995000, 6995100, 6885200, 6995300, 6995400 Fax-091-080-6564830, 6562121 |
- |
18 | Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli-580022 |
Dr. V.N. Bindar | 373348 | - |
KERALA | ||||
19 | Central Institute of Mental Retardation, Murinjapalam-695011, Medical College P.O. Thiruvananthapuram |
Rev. Fr. Thomas Felix, Director |
0471-445796(O), 441376(O) fax-442918 |
- |
20 | Kerala Federation of the Blind, Kunnukuzhi-695037, Thiruvananthapuram |
Mr. Georgekutty Kareparampil, Gen.Secretary |
304993(O), 0471-304831| (O) fax-446859 |
- |
MADHYA PRADESH | ||||
21 | Deptt of PSM, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal |
Dr. S.C. Tiwari (Training Co-ordinator), Prof. and Head |
Fax-0755-541376, 540589(O), 540222 (opd), 465686® mob.-09826024593 |
Drsctiwari @hotmail.com |
22. | Deptt. of Preventive and Social Medicine, G.R. Medical College Gwalior |
Dr. P.C. Mahajan, Prof. and Head |
323375(O), 322059® Fax-338804, 323451 |
- |
24. | N.S.C.B. Medical College, Nagpur Road, Jabalpur-482003 |
Dr. D.K. Pal, Prof. and Head |
422117, 422118 Fax-0761-424973 |
- |
MAHARASHTRA | ||||
25 | Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Bandra (W), Mumbai-400050 |
Dr. Nagaraja, Director |
022-6400215(O) Telefax-6422638 |
Director@ giasbmo1. vsnl.net.in |
26 | Ayodhya Charitable Trust, Vikas Nagar, Wanowadi Village Pune-411040 |
Prof. Dr. S.S. Bhutada ,Chairman and Managing Trustee |
Telfax-020-6812809, 6874460 |
Ramazini@ man.inc.in |
27 | Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Nashik |
- | - | - |
28 | Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Aurangabad |
- | - | - |
29 | Public Health Institute, Nagpur |
- | - | - |
MANIPUR | ||||
30 | Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, R.I.M.S Imphal |
Dr. K. Wangjum, Consultant |
0385-310493(O), 223183® fax-310625 |
- |
MIZORAM | ||||
31 | Director of Hospital and Medical Education, Directorate of Health Services, Govt. of Mizoram AIZAWL |
Dr. Jhon. M. Ralte, Nodal Officer, (DHS) |
0389-328062 | - |
MEGHALAYA | ||||
32 | DRC, Dept. of Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Civil Hospital, Shillong - 793001 |
Dr. E.K. Singh, Nodal Officer |
0364 - 504572 | - |
NAGALAND | ||||
33 | Directorate of Medical Services, Govt. of Nagaland, Kohima |
Dr. Sashimeren Aier Joint Director |
91-370-228007®, 222626(O) Fax-0370-242103 |
- |
ORISSA | ||||
34 | National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research Olatpur, P.O. Bairoi Distt. Cuttuck - 754010 |
Dr. Dharmendra Kumar, Dy. Director (tech) |
Telefax-06724-55552 | - |
35 | Santa Memorial Rehabilitaion Centre, 108-D, Master Canteen Building Station Square, UNIT-III Bhubaneshwer |
Shri Ashok Hans | 0674-506234 Fax-580020 |
- |
36 | Chetana Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, A/3, Nayapalli, Opp. Oberoi Hotel, P.O. RRL Campus, Bhubaneshwar-751013 |
Dr. N.C. Pati, Gen. secretary |
0674-3016754(O) Fax-300649 |
jewelsinternational @yahoo.com |
PUNJAB | ||||
37 | Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind, Habowal Road, Opp Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana -141001 |
Dr. E.M.Johnson, Director and Consultant |
471425(O) Fax-0161-471642 |
Vrtc@satyam. net.in |
RAJASTHAN | ||||
38 | Rehabilitation Research and Limb Fitting Centre, SM.S Medical College Jaipur |
Dr. M.K. Mathur, Director |
0141-561905(O), 561903, 366111® |
- |
39 | R.N.T. Medical College, Chitak Circle Udaipur |
Dr. Ashok Gupta, Prof. and Head |
0294-523613, 523888 | - |
40 | S.N. Medical College, Shastri Nagar, Jodhpur |
Dr. P.K. Gupta, Prof. and Head |
434374 | - |
41 | J.L.N. Medical College Ajmer | Dr. Anand Singhal, Prof. and Head |
625500 | - |
42 | Govt. Medical College, Kota |
Dr. G.L. Verma, Prof. and Head |
470674, 450242 (Hospital) ext.212 38898® |
- |
TRIPURA | ||||
43 | 96, Akhaura Road, P.O. Aagratala, Tripura(w) 799001 |
Dr. M.K. Chakraborty, Head of Dept. |
0381-226288(O), 325887® | - |
TAMIL NADU | ||||
44 | Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya College of Education, Coimbatore -641020 |
Dr. Muthaiah, Principal |
0422-892441(O) 8263085® |
Srkvcoe@ md3.vsnl.net.in |
45 | Spastic Society of Tamil Nadu, Opp T.T.T.I., Taramani Road, Chennai-600113 |
Mrs.Annie Shyam, Director |
044-2541651, 2541047, 2541133, 8263085® |
Spastn@ md2.vsnl.net.in |
UTTAR PRADESH | ||||
46 | Upgraded Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, King George's Medical College, Lucknow-226003 |
Dr. V.K. Srivastava, Professor and Head |
0522-257343(O), 222204® fax-266025 |
Snrclko@ satyam.net.in |
47 | Deptt. of Preventive and Social Medicine, L.L.R.M. Medical College Meerut |
Dr. J.V. Singh, Prof. and Head |
912-761433 | - |
48 | Deptt. of Preventive and Social Medicine, S.N. Medical College, Agra |
Dr. Devaki Nandan, Prof. and Head |
Mobile-09837094064 +91-562-215111/ 215222 Fax-91-562-313827/ 351288 |
Dnandan@ vsnl.com |
49 | Deptt. of Orthopedics, I.M.S. B.H.U., Varanasi-221005 |
Dr. S.C. Mohapatra, Prof. and Head |
307599(O), 319926® | - |
UTTARANCHAL | ||||
50 | Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, Jolly Grant, Dehradun-248140 |
Prof. Ramesh Chandra, Co-ordinator |
0135-412081-83 Fax-412008 |
- |
51 | RAPHAEL - Ryder Cheshire International Centre, P.O. Box No. 157, Dehradun- 248001 |
Maj. Gen. Ranbir Bakshi | 0135-674901/ 673949 Fax- 673949 |
- |
WEST BENGAL | ||||
52 | National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped, B.T. Road, Bon-Hooghly, Calcutta-700090 |
Dr. P.K.Mullick, Director Dr. Aabhishek Biswas (Co-ordinator) |
033-5567279(O), 5562564(O) 557837(fax), 5374628® |
Nioh@cal .vsnl.net.in |