• SRCC Centre for Child Development’s mission is “No child should go without treatment for want of money”
• In this landmark year, 2019 SRCC Centre for Child Development  added ‘Aquatic Therapy Unit’ at the Centre supported by ‘Kotak Karma’ through its CSR programme for Healthcare
• The pool has been specially designed for a children’s facility keeping in mind the requirements of the special population it caters to

MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 14, 2019 (GPN) : The Society for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children (SRCC) is a Public Charitable Trust with a mandate to organize hospital and clinics for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of children and for the children in need of alternate support. Since 1948, the Society has been assisting children with special needs from all sections of society in achieving their highest potential. Mission of SRCC is “No child should go without treatment for want of money” and every effort is being made to ensure ‘Health, Hope & Happiness’ of children.

In this landmark year, 2019, SRCC added ‘Aquatic Therapy Unit’ at the Centre which has been supported by ‘Kotak Karma’ through its CSR programme for Healthcare.  As per the team of clinicians’ the Aquatic Therapy to be offered at the Centre will have many advantages and benefits to individuals recovering from all phases of injury or illness. The scope of patients treated in the pool would be surprisingly vast, encompassing everything from post-surgical, non-surgical, orthopaedic, rheumatologic, and neurological to chronic pain. The therapeutic properties of water and the skills of professional aquatic therapists can enable increased mobility and function in the patients.

Goals of Aquatic Therapy	Cases to benefit from Aquatic Therapy includes
Improve flexibility	Neurological conditions like CP, Spina Bifida, and Stroke etc.
Improve balance & co-ordination	Developmental Delays
Build muscle strength & endurance	Post-Surgical Cases
Enhance aerobic capacity	Orthopaedic Cases – Fracture, Joint Replacement, Joint reconstruction etc.
Assist with gait & locomotion	Pain Management
Reduce stress & promote relaxation	Arthritis
	Balance deficits – Incoordination, Afaxia
	Hypertension
	Paraplegia
	Anxiety, Depression

The pool has been specially designed for a children’s facility keeping in mind the requirements of the special population it caters to. The underprivileged children from economically weaker sections of the Society will also be able to avail the ‘Aquatic Therapy’ services at the Centre.

Presently, SRCC Centre provides comprehensive outpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation care of the highest quality in a family-centered environment for children aged from birth to 18 years. The services offered cover a wide variety of paediatric rehabilitation and development specialties under one roof.  SRCC Children’s Hospital, managed by Narayana Health has started operations in April 2017, which houses many specialties aimed towards transforming children’s health in India.  Some of the tertiary care facilities and services are Cardiology and Cardiac surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Oncology, Orthopedics, Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Urology.

About Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital

SRCC Children’s Hospital located at Haji Ali Park in Mumbai central is a 207 bed tertiary care facility offering multi-speciality services exclusively for infants, children and adolescents. It is managed by Narayana Health with strong credentials in paediatric care backed by SRCC – an institution renowned for serving the needs of children with physical challenges. Designed on international standards the hospital offers affordable, yet world-class medical care with all super-specialities under one roof apart from a complete set of rehabilitation programs.ENDS

About Narayana Health: 

With all superspeciality tertiary care facilities that the medical world offers, Narayana Health is a one-stop healthcare destination for all. Founded by Dr. Devi Shetty and headquartered in Bengaluru, Narayana Health group is the second largest health care provider in the country in terms of operational bed count. The first facility was established with approximately 225 operational beds in 2000 at NH Health City in Bengaluru.  The Company today, runs a chain of multispecialty, tertiary and primary healthcare facilities across India with a network of 23 hospitals and 7 heart centres and a single hospital overseas at Cayman Islands with over 6,200 operational beds across all its centres and potential to reach a capacity of around 7,300 beds.