Tag: rehabilitation

Peace, rehabilitation must be the priorities in Ukraine

This should be followed by a huge community-based, participative, decentralised programme for rehabilitation and reconstruction in Ukraine with decisions and priorities under the democratic control of people but helped by unconditional international financial support.

April 19, 2023

Singing supports heart stroke rehabilitation: Research

Through singing-based therapy, patients and their families psychological health as well as language function can be enhanced.

December 31, 2022

Pooja Bhatt on drug usage: anyone interested in their rehabilitation?

Just after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, Bollywood has faced many allegations of being a drug hub. Shedding some light on it, on Wednesday,  Pooja Bhatt writes on twitter, asking society if anyone cares about people in the fringes of society who need rehabilitation. She wrote, “Does anyone care about people who live on...

September 16, 2020

Kerala floods: Vijayan says 7.24 lakh displaced, focus now on rehabilitation

Earlier today, President Ram Nath Kovind spoke to Kerala Governor P Sathasivam and the CM enquiring about the situation.

August 19, 2018

Supreme Court slams Centre, states over rehabilitation of widows

The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Central and state governments for their failure to bring a comprehensive action plan for rehabilitation of widows who are forced to live a life of destitution after being abandoned by their families. The division bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta asked the Central government...

January 31, 2018

‘Emphasis on long-term peace, stability in Rakhine rehabilitation’

Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission on Wednesday said long-term peace and stability should be emphasised upon in the rehabilitation process in the northern Rakhine state. In a statement released after its team visited Maungtaw and Buthidaung throughout last week, the Commission called for strict scrutiny of returnees to ensure extremists were excluded, Xinhua news agency...

October 4, 2017

A ray of hope ‘behind the bars’

Behind the Bars, a documentary by an independent film maker from Himachal Pradesh traces the ‘present’ of prisoners for whom ‘reforms’ have brought some light at the end of the tunnel. “They are living in different world. For how long? Many of them don’t know exactly. We have tried to document the ‘struggling psyche’ of...

September 6, 2017

Family-led rehab after stroke ineffective

Family-led rehabilitation for stroke patients is ineffective, according to a study which highlights the need for investment in professional stroke facilities in low and middle-income countries. The randomised controlled trial, during which 1,250 patients in India were followed over a period of six months (between January 2014-February 2016), was carried out by George Institute for...

June 28, 2017

SC asks Centre to frame guidelines for rehabilitation of mentally ill

Expressing concern over the well being of persons who have suffered mental ailments, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to frame guidelines for their rehabilitation as the issue was "very sensitive". A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar observed that after mentally ill persons are cured, not even their family members...

February 22, 2017