Himachal Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that the State Government would fill up all the vacant posts of Physiotherapists at district level hospitals on priority basis and one additional post of Physiotherapist would also be created in all the district hospitals of the state except Kinnaur and Lahaul Spiti.
This was announced by the Chief Minister while presiding over the conference of Physiotherapists '1st Himclave-2019' organised by the Himachal Chapter of Indian Association of Physiotherapy here on the occasion of World Physiotherapy Day in association with the State Health and Family Welfare Department.
The Chief Minister said that in the present era of hectic lifestyle and greater stress and strain, the role of Physiotherapist had become very vital.
Thakur said that the State Government would also sympathetically consider the demand of Physiotherapists to constitute Himachal Pradesh Physiotherapists Council.
He said that being a hilly state, the Physiotherapists have a major role as the frequency of road accident in Himachal is higher than the other states.
The Chief Minister also announced three posts of Physiotherapists each in all the six medical colleges of the state to provide better health services to the patients.
The State Government had taken an initiative to provide services of Physiotherapists in the senior citizen homes operational in the state. The government would fill up all the vacant posts of Physiotherapists in the health institutions of the state on priority, he added.
Additional Chief Secretary, Health, RD Dhiman said that Physiotherapists help in maintaining the health of the people of all ages besides helping the patients to manage pain and prevent diseases.
A Physiotherapy workshop was also organised on this occasion by the Himachal Chapter of Indian Association of Physiotherapist.