Athletes hit hard as sports medicine institute remains shut
The Institute of Sports Medicine at Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode has been closed for over a year, leaving athletes and sports students without specialized treatment for injuries. Currently, they must rely on a single specialist at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department, which is ill-equipped to handle sports-related injuries. The lack of action from the government regarding the establishment of a full-fledged Sports Medicine department has exacerbated the situation.
- ▪The Institute of Sports Medicine has been closed for over a year.
- ▪Athletes are currently dependent on a single specialist at the PMRD, which lacks adequate resources.
- ▪The institute has valuable equipment worth over ₹2 crore that is deteriorating due to disuse.
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Athletes and sports students seeking specialised treatment for injuries are in a predicament as the State’s first Institute of Sports Medicine at Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, has remained closed for over a year.At present, they are forced to rely on a single specialist at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department (PMRD) at the MCH. Sports coaches and athletes, however, maintain that the facilities available at the PMRD are ill-equipped to address sports-related injuries.“Patients with sports injuries have to wait for a long time for treatment because the centre has only one specialised doctor and lacks sufficient paramedical staff. The lack of equipment in the PMRD has also affected treatment,” said a sports coach from Kozhikode.
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