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| No ramps, only steps |
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| Poor road access |
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| Poor housing |
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| No ramps, Steps only |
PROBLEMS FACED BY PATIENTS WHEN THEY GO HOME FROM THE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
1. In the environment and home
| Poor housing and road access |
| No ramps, only steps leading to the house. |
| Toilets are not usually commodes, but mostly squatting pans and thus unsuitable for wheel chair users |
| Lack of pipe borne water and electricity |
| Houses are on hills, especially in the Central Province. Houses are not adapted for wheel chair users. | Some houses have narrow doorways. |
2. Lack of appliances and needed items due to poor economic state
| Wheel chairs |
| Toilet chairs |
| Walking aids |
| Catheters, urine bags |
| Water mattresses |
| Medication |
3. Poor transport facilities
| For follow up in hospital |
| For visiting friends and relatives |
| Thus they become isolated |
4. Communication lack
| Mainly the very poor in very remote areas |
5. Inability to continue vocation for which they were trained
| Lack of raw materials |
| Lack of basic equipments |
| Poor marketing facilities |
6. Poor financial benefits
7. Lack of trained counselors to cope with
| Physical problems |
| Psychological problems |
| Sexual problems |
