The new centre will offer consultation and therapies at no cost to patients or their families
Ceasefire Foundation is expanding its network of physiotherapy and pain management centres in India. The trust, which already operates one facility each in Kolkata, Lonavala and Dehradun, is launching its first centre in Mumbai. Located in the Jasudben ML School premises at Khar, the new centre will offer consultation and therapies at no cost to patients or their families. Inaugurated by Ramesh Bijlani, Real Estate Developer and his wife, this facility will be fully operational from November 18, 2019.
Shilpa Malhotra, Chairperson, Ceasefire Foundation, said these centres are aimed at helping people manage chronic pain ‘at absolutely no cost,’ irrespective of their social and economic status. “We started this initiative in October 2016, with our first physiotherapy and pain management centre in Kolkata. We wanted to help people relieve their pain of any kind and provide a meaningful service to everyone. We believe that the best healthcare services need not come at a huge cost to patients or their families. By offering free pain management services, we want to set an example for other like-minded people to take similar initiatives and further the cause. Our aim at the foundation is to ‘Serve as we would like to be served’ and all our efforts are directed towards living up to it.”
In the first phase, the Foundation is gearing to operate a total of 10 physiotherapy and pain management centres in the country within a period of five years.
“The space required for setting these centres are taken on long term lease. Each facility has three therapy rooms allowing 50 patients to comfortably avail therapies daily. We have standardised the look and feel for every unit that’s currently operational to ensure uniformity. Centres that will open in the future will also follow the same template. Investment in each facility varies from one location to another and funded through money raised from family and friends. In Mumbai, we are grateful to the Gujarat Research Society for offering us the space for free within their Jasudben ML School premises,” added Malhotra.
As per estimates, approximately 40 per cent of India’s working population is living with different types of pain issues. Of this, almost 50 per cent are suffering from chronic pain that could lead to physical disability if not attended to or healed correctly. “However, finding a good physiotherapist and high costs — ranging from Rs 300 to Rs 1,500 per session — continues to be a major concern. The latter is the key reason patients tend to discontinue physiotherapy when it gets prolonged thus forcing themselves to live a painful life. That’s the reason we decided to offer consultation and therapies free so that patients can relieve themselves of pain as well as the financial burden associated with it,” said Divya Marwah, Trustee, Ceasefire Foundation.
“While consultation and therapies are free of cost, we’ve ensured that the quality of services offered is comparable to the best. All the centres are operated by qualified, experienced and highly skilled team of senior healthcare professionals comprising physiotherapists and homeopathy doctors, mentioned Malhotra.
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