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Physical therapy and society

Almost an era back physical therapy evolved during wartime, when there are lots of soldiers needed to get back to normal life from their injuries and handicap. United kingdom was first to make a troop of nurses who mainly concerned with invalid injured soldiers of world war. With this great moov recognition of physiotherapists emerged strongly. After that physiotherapy never seen back. Journey include a great confederation formation under whoes umbrella we all physical therapists and physiotherapists are blooming bright. Where a large population of some old countries are growing need of physical therapists is increased. Only physical therapy can keep such old population healthy and happy. So society need physiotherapy necessarily.

Fortis negligence case 2016

Delhi: In a strange incident of medical negligence, doctors at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi India, operated on the wrong leg of a 24 yrs -old man, Mr.Ravi Rai, instead of the injured leg. The orthopaedic who operated on Ravi Rai's earlier conducted CT-scan and X-ray, which clearly showed the injury in his right leg.The same doctors conducted the surgery on his left leg.  The doctors reportedly have put two rods pins in Ravi's left leg instead of the fractured right leg. Family complaint police regarding this negligence of Fortis Hospital and demanded strict action against the orthopaedic instead of compensation in money. Family said,"We don't want compensation. We want legal action against them. How can a hospital be so negligent?  Doctors told us that there was a fracture in the ankle of his right leg and that they need to do surgery to insert pins in his ankle for support. After fully Trusting them we agreed for the surgery. But when our son...