Chandigarh Spinal Rehab-An Initiative of Sai Aasra Paraplegic Rehab Centre

We at Chandigarh Spinal Rehab have been working with zeal and commitment towards empowering the lives of persons with spinal cord injury/ brain injury Read more.  Chandigarh Spinal Rehab is an initiative of the Sai Aasra Paraplegic Rehab Centre (Registered Trust under Indian Trusts Act,1882) in Amritsar on 10th June 2013. Enabling independent living and enhancing the quality of life of persons with disability due to spinal cord /brain injury are the goals of Chandigarh Spinal Rehab. Offering quality, comprehensive, holistic and affordable rehabilitation are the prime drivers for accomplishing the goals of Chandigarh Spinal Rehab.   North India is in desperate need of a quality and affordable Rehabilitation Centre. Chandigarh Spinal Rehab, inaugurated on the 10th of July, 2016, is now filling this gap in the healthcare landscape and is a pioneer of holistic rehabilitation for people with severe multi disabilities like Spinal Cord Injury/ Traumatic Brain Injury like Stroke, Cerebral Palsy. We are also crusaders for socio - economic integration of these persons. In a short span of over three years, we have successfully rehabilitated over 200+ patients, out of which 80.4% of them have gone back to their homes to live productive and dignified lives, either with new jobs or some new business venture. We have organized several events like scuba diving, paramotoring, mouth painting, and swimming to enhance their lives and to help them to live a life of purpose, dignity and joy post-injury. Our journey is filled with daunting challenges. Due to the socio-economic structure of our country, most of the people from rural backgrounds are not even aware of the need for proper rehabilitation after an accident leading to brain or spine injury. Therefore, they lose a major chunk of their hard-earned money in tackling the various physical and medical complications which come with such devastating injuries. Therefore, by the time they reach us, they are incapable of paying for a comprehensive rehabilitation program. In the past three years, we have worked diligently and extended the highest quality of rehabilitation to all who have come to us regardless of their paying capacities. (approx. 60%)

The vision is to create a center of excellence and empowerment for persons with acute disabilities, while the mission is to enable independent living and enhance the quality of life for individuals with spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and other acute disabilities.

The center has achieved 19,245.5 therapy hours, maintains an average rehabilitation duration of 10 weeks, and has a range of rehabilitation periods from 1.5 to 7 months per patient.