Established in the year 2006 with the name Sahara Care Home, Sahara Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Hospital envisions a society where the rights of people with disease or disability are respected and where there is equality of opportunity to participate in all aspect of civil life. A private physiotherapy and rehabilitation hospital of Nepal, this 15 bedded hospital is first of its kinds in the country. The hospital was registered as a private limited company for providing Physiotherapy services along with running a rehabilitation center for disabled and paralyzed children. The hospital which also aims to provide academic opportunities in the field of physiotherapy by acting as a teaching and training center along with providing research opportunity in the field consists of highly qualified and experienced medical practitioners committed to providing quality health service to the patients.

Initially located in Maharajgunj, the hospital was later shifted to its present location in Basundhara, Kathmandu beside the police station. The hospital that started on a rented building now, has its own fully facilitated and well equipped building for providing intensive and qualitative physiotherapy services to the general public through outpatient as well as inpatient services. The hospital provides services such as consultation services (by Neurosurgeon, Orthopedician, Pediatrician, Cardiologist, Psychiatrist, ENT Specialist, Dentist, General Physician, Acupuncturist, Yoga and Weight loss instructors), Physiotherapy Services (such as Therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, electrotherapy which is used to relieve pain, reeducate/strengthen weak/paralyzed muscles, reduce swelling, treat inflammation and infections, hasten tissue repair, improve blood circulation, loosen adhesions and remove scars), other heating modalities (paraffin wax bath, hydroculator/ hot packs and electric heating pads) and other therapies (such as hydrotherapy by hot and cold water, cryotherapy and magnetotherapy).

The electrotherapeutic modalities available in the hospital are short wave diathermy, microwave diathermy, interferential therapy, transcutaneus electric nerve stimulation, infrared radiation, ultrasonic therapy, electric muscle stimulation, laser therapy, electric massage, electronic traction and continuous passive mobiliser. The rehabilitation services provided by the hospital include Neuro rehabilitation, Orthopedic rehabilitation, Cardiac rehabilitation, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Rehabilitation for Burns and Geriatric rehabilitation services. Besides these, other services provided by the Sahara Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Hospital include acupuncture (needle and laser acupuncture along with moxibution for those who need it), acupressure, occupational therapy, speech therapy, orthoses and prostheses therapy. Being the first physiotherapy and rehabilitation hospital of its kind, the Sahara Hospital is committed to providing quality medical and health care services to its patients.

For further details, contact:

Sahara Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Hospital
Shree Kanti Mard, Behind Basundhara Police Station
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: +977-1-4390051/2
Website: www.saharacarehome.com.np