Coordinator of the Master of Physiotherapy, Balaji Sivapiragasam, demonstrates the proper techniques to his students in the Rehabilitation Lab.
MALAYSIA is in dire need of more physiotherapy practitioners.
According to health awareness digital media platform Code Blue, Tangga Batu MP Bakri Jamaluddin says that with only 4,500 physiotherapists in Malaysia, the ratio of physiotherapists to the population is 1:7,300 – which is much lower than the World Health Organization’s recommended ratio of 1:200.
