Mumbai: High-Tech Sports Rehabilitation Centre to Open at KEM Hospital
For the first time in the city, a high-tech sports rehabilitation centre will be established at the civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel. The 15,000-square-foot facility will feature advanced machinery to help people with sports-related injuries. It will include gait analysis, muscle testing, aqua treadmills, and more, all under one roof.
The facility, costing approximately Rs 20 crore, will be located on the 12th floor of the hospital’s high-rise building. It will be a turnkey project and will be operational by August. Funding for the centre came from Vijaylaxmi Poddar of Balkrishna Industries (BKT), who donated a robotic arm to the KEM Hospital’s orthopaedic department a couple of years ago.
"This centre will be one of its kind in western India, making Seth G S Medical College and KEM Hospital one of only six elite centres in the country dedicated to sports injuries and rehabilitation," said Dr Mohan Desai, who heads the hospital’s orthopaedic department.
The KEM centre will be a sports science laboratory, allowing for motion analysis, arthroscopy, and rehabilitation. Assistant professor and sports medicine specialist Dr Roshan Wade will manage the centre. He said there are many sportsmen at the local level who cannot afford five-star hospitals and their expensive rehabilitation packages. Many have ligament tears and knee injuries that could end their careers. "Our centre will cater to such young underprivileged patients and allow them to return to sports, if possible," added Dr Wade.
There are also plans to start PG courses on sports medicine from KEM Hospital once the centre is fully operational.
Published on Apr 22, 2025 at 06:41 AM IST
Reference : https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hospitals/h-tech-sports-rehabilitation-centre-to-open-at-kem-hosp/120501638
