Health & Healing
Gaza health ministry elevates physical therapy to lifesaving priority
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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Gaza's health ministry said Tuesday that physical therapy and medical rehabilitation have become a lifeline during the ongoing conflict, shifting from a supporting service to a frontline defense against permanent disability, Shehab Wire reported. The ministry made the statement on World Physical Therapy Day as the territory grapples with the consequences of what it characterized as a genocide war.
Physical therapy and rehabilitation services have expanded across Gaza's healthcare system under current conditions, with civilian casualties and injuries from the conflict creating sustained demand for recovery and disability prevention programs.
