Minister: QRI offers advanced services in speech, physical therapy – The Peninsula

Minister: QRI offers advanced services in speech, physical therapy – The Peninsula

To keep pace with the increasing demand for targeted rehabilitation services, the Qatar Rehabilitation Institute (QRI) has recently established a new female outpatient Physiotherapy-Orthopaedic unit, which provides specialised physical therapy for adult female patients.

Qatar’s Minister of Public Health, H E Dr. Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari, toured the physio-ortho unit as well as the expanded Paediatric Outpatient Speech Therapy Clinic to witness the benefits of these services to the quality of patient lives.

Dr. Hanadi Al Hamad, Medical Director at Qatar Rehabilitation Institute and Rumailah Hospital, explained the commitment of her team to establish more tailored services to QRI’s patient groups.

“This physical therapy facility is dedicated to female adult patients with musculoskeletal and orthopedic conditions, including post-surgical or traumatic cases. It is staffed by expert female therapists, which is especially important for many of our local patients who may be more reluctant to visit a mixed male and female facility or be treated by a male therapist.”

The female outpatient Physiotherapy-Orthopedic unit, located on the first floor of QRI, provides specialised physical therapy for adult Qatari female patients. It will offer a variety of evidence-based physical therapy techniques and modalities aimed at helping female patients develop, maintain, and restore maximum body movement and