The Modesto Fornaris Psychopedagogic Medical Center in the province of Holguin introduces a group of alternative rehabilitation therapies to favor the equalization of opportunities and self-validism of its patients, who exceed 200 in internal and external care.
Altagracia Nieves Pino, defectologist of that institution, stressed to the Cuban News Agency that exercise routines and occupational therapy, other procedures linked to sports, yoga and cultural expressions are incorporated to the conventional techniques.
She pointed out that school-age children are inserted in community projects for learning dance, theater and literature through techniques that contribute to comprehensive rehabilitation and adapted to the characteristics of each case.
These options make it possible to broaden the possibilities for socialization and the formation of practical life skills, which are also included in the programs of the health care institution, attached to the Ministry of Public Health, the specialist said.
The center also provides tools for teaching trades and psychological counseling, not only to patients but also to their families, through a multidisciplinary group of specialists dedicated to this purpose.
The Psychopedagogical Medical Center located in Vista Alegre neighborhood has dedicated its work for more than 40 years to providing a better quality of life to people with physical-motor disabilities and has among its main achievements the socially useful incorporation of 20 patients.
These programs are in tune with the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations, in which self-empowerment and equalization of opportunities are crucial elements in social development and one of the governmental priorities in Cuba.
With information by Eileen Esther Molina Fernández – ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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