1. Departmental Activities
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Chittagong Medical College

2. History of PM&R
• 1917 during War I
• 1928-British APMR, Royal College
• 1947- AAPM, ABPMR
• 1953-AAPMR
• 1990-ADA’90
• PWD Act 2001 Bangladesh
• PWD Welfare Act 2001 Bangladesh.

3. History of PM&R in Bangladesh
• 1972-Deptt of PM IPGMR
• 1989- FCPS in BCPS
• 1991-Ist FCPS
• 1994- 1st Physiatrist
• 2010- Total Physiatrist 40

4. History of the Deptt
• 1957- CMCH
• Estd: 1969, as Deptt of Physiotherapy under the control of
Orthopaedics
• Heads
– Abul Hossain M Sc. PT 1969
– Pr. LA Quadery NS
– Pr. FR Aolad, Orthopaedics 81
– Pr. Abul Basher Orthopaedics 94
– Pr. FR Aolad Orthopaedics 94
– Kazi Humayun Kabir PT 95
– Pr. Amin A Khan- FCPS; PM&R-95

5. History of the Deptt-Trainee
• 1st IMO- 2000 (Dr. Sk-Medicine to PMR)
• 1st FCPS-2005 (Majed)
• Total FCPS (2008)-15
• Part-II Examinee-2
• Part-II trainee-10
• Honorary Trainee-50

6. The Deptt-Present man power
• Professor (Created Post 2010)-1 (Pr. AA Khan)
• Associate Professor-0
• Assistant Professor-2
• Registrar 1
• AR 1
• IMO- 1 (FCPS Part-II)
• HMO- 2
• Physiotherapist-0
• Medical Technologist-3(BPT-1), 2 F on deputation
• Nurse-1(rehab nurse)
• MLSS-4
• Sweeper-1

7. The Deptt-Present Equipment
• SWD-1 digital, 1(Chinese)
• UST-5 (Chinese)
• EST-4
• IRR-5
• Motorised Traction set-1(Japan)
• Manual Traction-2
• TENS-4
• Wax bath manual-1
• Computer-self arranged-1

8. The Deptt-Present set up
• OPD
• Idoor-Ward-15 beds
• Rheumatology clinic
• CP clinic
• Stroke Rehab
• Orthosis
• Cardiac rehab
• Mini OT
• IT Lab
• Library

9. The Deptt-Academic activities
• 3rd, 5th year MBBS Teaching
• Part-II FCPS/MD Training
• Desertations-7+ 10
• Research-Publications > 30 (Pr. Aminuddin A Khan,
Asso.Pr. MA. Shakoor, Asso pr. Suzon Al hasan, Asstt. Pr.
Md. Shaik Ahmed, Dr. Maidul Islam)
• Library self arranged
• Presentations, clinical discusions, classes- regularly
• BAPMR Conf 08- A full session with 9 papers

10. CMCH-OPD Patients/2007
SL
Department No. of patients Total Percentage
Male Female
1 MOPD 40099 33832 73931 25.6
2 SOPD 23112 18087 41199 14.3
3 GOPD 23865 23865 8.0
4 ENTOPD 18327 21622 39949 14.0
5 Eye OPD 9841 11088 20929 7.0
6 PEAD OPD 25825 9.0
7 Skin VD OPD 19803 19781 39584 14.1
8 Psychiatry 5621 2.0
9 PMR 18823 6.0

11. Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,CMCH.
Patient seen during 2000 to 2007
18000
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
2000 2001 2003 2005 2007
Outdoor
Indoor
Total

12. Yearly Patient Loads
year OPD-N opd-p ward Total-N Old Total
2001 3892 527 270 4689 8342 13031
2002 4970 1190 768 6928 18654 25582
2003 6786 981 1621 9388 23219 32607
2004 8428 942 9370
2005 10215
2006 11443
2007 16823
2008
2009
2010

13. Total out
patient (new)
No. of total
patients (old)
taking
physiotherapy
No. of total
patients
taking
physiotherapy
(free)
No. of total
indoor
patients
10588 21580 1300