DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite, Philippines – In observance of the annual National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week, De La Salle Health Sciences Institute’s De La Salle University Medical Center held last week a number of lay forums at the hospital’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
There were various discussions on arthritis, osteoporosis, stroke rehabilitation and the Magna Carta for the Disabled by rehab medicine experts Dr. Ramon Antonio Sarmiento, Dr. Myrna Estrada, and Dr. Rosita Nardo-Estabillo.
The 2010 Census of Population and Housing has identified Calabarzon as the region with the most number of persons with disabilities at 193,000.
With this in mind, the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute reaches out to the public with health education exercises such as these forums to help the public understand the appropriate kind of care for PWDs.
The institute is also working with its alumni and friends to build a Center for Children with Disability in Cavite to provide much-needed services, especially for poor children with disabilities.
Aside from the forums, the participants also availed themselves of free bone screening and consultations with the institute’s licensed physical therapists.
For more information, interested participants may visit www.dlshsi.edu.ph or call (046) 481-8000 local 1044.