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WORLD PT DAY

Title- The Pathway to recovery from COVID 19: Scope of Physiotherapy.
Date – 08th September, 2020
Time- 2.00-3.15pm
Speakers-
1. Dr Girija Nair, Professor and Head of Department, Pulmonary Medicine, School of Medicine, D.Y.Patil University, Navi Mumbai

2. Dr Amit Nagpal, Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, D.Y.Patil University, Navi Mumbai

3. Dr Riddhi Shroff,Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy, D.Y.Patil University, Navi Mumbai

4. Dr Titiksha Pol, Assistant Professor, School of Physiotherapy, D.Y.Patil University, Navi Mumbai

5. Dr Balachandran Jayachandran, Principal Physiotherapist, Woodlands health Campus, Singapore

6. Dr Ankita Asher, Consultant Cardio-pulmonary physiotherapist, Jupiter Hospital, Thane.

7. Dr Anu Arora, Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy, D.Y.Patil University, Navi Mumbai

Number of Participants – 140
Content- The panel discussion was an interactive session organised on occasion of World Physiotherapy Day. The highlights of the meeting were on the challenges faced by medical team during initial phase of COVID 19 crisis and how were the solutions incorporated into clinical practice.The panel also discussed how physiotherapy has plays a vital role in recovery from COVID 19 in acute and subacute care. The session gave an information on how telerehabilitation physiotherapy can help in recovery of post covid patients. The presence of International speakers gave a new a holistic view on how pandemic is dealt with over the globe. The team also focused on how the evidence based practice is implemented in COVID-19 care at the D.Y.Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai.

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