21/03/2012
A convention was held by Qualified Physiotherapist Society (QPS) in VIMHANS Hospital, Nehru Nagar, on 18th March, 2012. The meet was presided by Member, National Council, JCM representing the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It was attended by qualified physiotherapists, working in Govt and Private sector from different states of India. The issues discussed were change in recruitment rules and pay scale of physiotherapists in government jobs, separate wing and independent practice status for physiotherapists in the NCHRH bill and the standardization of physiotherapy education and services in Indian Health sector. Expertise legal opinion was solicited in these issues and resolutions were passed on the same. The members were addressed by representatives from different states; Sudeep Kale(Mumbai), Einstein Jerome(Tamil Nadu), Suresh Babu(Karnataka), Jitender Singh(Rajasthan), Prabhat Balodia(Uttarakhand), Sunny Shoran(New Delhi) and National Gen. Sec. Amit Bajpai.
Qualified Physiotherapist Society is a joint effort by qualified physiotherapists, registered vide S/287 of 2010, under Society Act 1860 working for the grievances faced by the physiotherapists in India. It is religiously working for the upliftment of the profession