Physiotherapy begins with functional impairment and ends up in functional restoration, adding rehabilitative measures as necessary. Rehabilitation is a multi-professional team work treating the patient as a whole. Medical rehabilitation is not the same as rehabilitation medicine. The former is a muti-disciplinary team in which, a rehabilitation medicine specialist or a physiatrist is a member. In medical problems he is a lead person. In certain Government Organizations (GOs), Director is a surgeon by virtue of recruitment rules whereas in other GOs, director could be a Therapist, or a Bio- Engineer or from any rehabilitation discipline.In private sector, for over 40 years, Dr. Nandu Chhabria (PT) has been Director of Rehabilitation at H.N. Hospital, Mumbai and so, is Dr. Ali Irani (PT) at Nanavati Hospital, for over 30 years, in Mumbai. There is no disagreement over this point.  

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