NCCR Holds Lecture on

Cerebral Palsy and Mechanisms of Treatment in Khanyounis

Targeting 60 ladies in Khanyounis governorate, the National Center for Community Rehabilitation held a lecture on cerebral palsy in the headquarter of Palestine's Tear Society.

Dea'a Abu Zaid, administrative coordinator of the southern branch of NCCR, initiated the lecture by welcoming the attending ladies, and he introduced the NCCR and its major programs and activities. Also he tackled the role of the Home Care programs in offering medical, psychological and guiding services in addition to offering assistive devices to the physically disabled people and their families inside their homes, especially paraplegia and quadriplegia who suffer from bedsores and muscles' spasm, etc., pointing at the center's role in reaching the disabled in the marginalized areas in all Gaza governorates.

Then the stage was for Ramzi Khalifa, physiotherapist in the Home Care team, who started by defining cerebral palsy, its types, causes, ways of detection and treatment. He added that as much early the detection of infection is, as much chances of recovery there will be, highlighting that the bringing up of children infected with cerebral palsy is the same like other children but with more patience and persistence as the family can teach the child many simple daily skills and social dealings.

Khalifa also handled mechanisms of treatment and gave examples for them, emphasizing the significance of physiotherapy for children infected with cerebral palsy. He also showed the ladies some physiotherapy exercises like muscles and balance exercises, insisting on the necessity of performing them many times a day on their infected children in order to prevent complications and spasms which might lead to surgical intervention.

At the end of the lecture, a space of discussion was given to the mothers to reflect and raise questions. It is worthy to mention that this lecture comes as a part of the Community Awareness Program which targets all segments of community, especially women, in the marginalized and less aware areas.