10 Feb 2012
The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have jointly organised the first Rehabilitation Conference in Singapore from 10 to 11 February 2012.
Titled ‘State-of-the-Art Advances in Clinical Rehabilitation’, the conference showcases the future of rehabilitation, with a list of expert speakers from the ministries, government agencies, acute and community hospitals and authorities in rehabilitation engineering and technologies.
Minister-of-State for Health, Dr Amy Khor, is the Guest-of-Honour at the Opening Ceremony held on Friday, 10 February 2012 at 8am at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Grand Ballroom 1 & 2.
Some 500 professionals providing various levels of rehabilitation services in Singapore and the region will come together at this landmark event to share their knowledge and expertise, giving the standard of rehabilitation in Singapore a timely boost.
“Rehabilitation has been shown to restore or improve quality of life for many patients. It is across all diseases and uses everything from medication to technology. For the longest time in Singapore, rehabilitation services have been delivered in patches in scattered areas without a common platform,” said Dr Ng Yee Sien, Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, SGH.
For Dr Ng, who is also the organising chairperson for the conference, it is all about the patients: “There has been an exponential growth in rehabilitation research from health services, medication, rehabilitation technology and engineering over the last 20 years. Now we want to know how best to help patients by tapping on these new and available resources,” he added.
“The conference is a timely platform for a group of well-trained healthcare professionals to interact and exchange ideas. It also welcomes the innovators who will co-operate in implementing paradigm shifts for the benefit of our patients with disabilities and the ever-increasing ageing population,” says Dr Chan Kay Fei, Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, TTSH.
Some of the breakthroughs in rehabilitation include trials in virtual reality and interactive media, the use of sensors, weight-support devices, and robots for gait training, as well as improved workflows to provide early rehabilitation to people recovering from stroke and traumatic brain injury.
The conference is tailored to the rehabilitation needs in Singapore, making it more relevant for the participants.
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