Author(s): WANG Chun-yu, ZHOU Mou-wang
Pages: 725-727
Year: 2008 Issue:  11
Journal: Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
Keyword:  Earthquake; Injuries; Rehabilitation medicine; Problems;
Abstract: An investigation was made on the rehabilitation treatment for the injuries wounded in Wenchuan Earthquake offered in 30 hospitals of 8 provinces, including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hubei, Guangdong, Cbongqing, and Sichuan. On the basis of data from this investigation, the paper made analysis and summary of the challenges and problems encountered in the said rehabilitation treatment, and raises such recommendations as relessing rehabilitation assessment principles and policies for the injuries to return to their home towns in Siehuan, clarifying the responsibilities of individual government authorities in the later-stage rehabilitation treatment of the injuries, and enhanced synergy among respective disciplines and authorities of both clinical practice and rehabilitation treatment. The goal of these recommendations is further development of the rehabilitation medicine discipline in China.