Physiotherapy Status In India

[asha]

I think the junior physios who pass out are themselves to blame for this. This is a country of vast potential where private practice is concerned. The saturation in private practice is not as bad as in the other medical fields. There is a lot of potential. But the youngsters are not prepared to work towards this. Learning the ropes of private practice, having good clinical hands, need patience. Nowhere in this world can you get such proffessional satisfaction as in this country, if you have the patience to work towards it. Most of them lack the neccessary direction, and expect success soon after they pass out. The other medical collegues go all out to scan fields where suitable private practice can be set up, do a lot of PR. The young physios are neither good at PR, nor are they willing to go beyond the street they live in to set up a practice, nor are they willing to accept that every thing in the book does not translate to the realty in clinical practice. One must look within ourselves before blaming the system. What have you yourself done to change?

[alophysio]

Hi,

Out of interest, how much would it cost to see a private physiotherapist?

I am from Australia and i have a patient from Mumbai who has ased me to come over and run periodic clinics, which would be nice because would love to see India etc but I also want to earn at least what i do here.

I would charge about AUD$80-100/half an hour or AUD$160-200/hour. XE.com tells me this is between ~2800INR to 3500INR or USD$120 - 160/hour. Would there be a market for this?

Obviously you would have to take my word that i am good enough to charge this amount of money!! My patient seems to think that it is possible due to the large numbers of millionaires in india (83000 according to some sources).

Is this all possible? If it is, then it makes helping underpriviledged people in India possible as well (I would have to cover my costs of travelling, accomodation, food and loss of income from my regular practice/job to do a trip like that).

please let me know

Thanks

[eve_cool]

Hi,

Out of interest, how much would it cost to see a private physiotherapist?

I am from Australia and i have a patient from Mumbai who has ased me to come over and run periodic clinics, which would be nice because would love to see India etc but I also want to earn at least what i do here.

I would charge about AUD$80-100/half an hour or AUD$160-200/hour. XE.com tells me this is between ~2800INR to 3500INR or USD$120 - 160/hour. Would there be a market for this?

Obviously you would have to take my word that i am good enough to charge this amount of money!! My patient seems to think that it is possible due to the large numbers of millionaires in india (83000 according to some sources).

Is this all possible? If it is, then it makes helping underpriviledged people in India possible as well (I would have to cover my costs of travelling, accomodation, food and loss of income from my regular practice/job to do a trip like that).

please let me know

Thanks

Hi Alophysio,

Your patient in mumbai should be a multi-millionaire to provide you with the offer..
Eventhough, India has large number of millionaires,, you wont be able to earn 2800-3500 INR/half an hour or 1 hour.. Physiotherapy is one of the poorly paid professions out here,, even after 3 years from the date of your post.. Even in private practice, the pay is not as lucrative as you might expect.. Therapists here are trying their hands at different things apart from physiotherapy, to keep their living going... Yes INDIA is a good place to visit,, but thinking of making a living from the profession same like how you have it in Australia, is impossible( even in a metro city like mumbai) I hope that the situation improves , which disappointingly, looks many years ahead......

[lencoo12]

Hi Alophysio,

Your patient in mumbai should be a multi-millionaire to provide you with the offer..
Eventhough, India has large number of millionaires,, you wont be able to earn 2800-3500 INR/half an hour or 1 hour.. Physiotherapy is one of the poorly paid professions out here,, even after 3 years from the date of your post.. Even in private practice, the pay is not as lucrative as you might expect.. Therapists here are trying their hands at different things apart from physiotherapy, to keep their living going... Yes INDIA is a good place to visit,, but thinking of making a living from the profession same like how you have it in Australia, is impossible( even in a metro city like mumbai) I hope that the situation improves , which disappointingly, looks many years ahead......

i was reading all previous thread and replys by asha,and some aus
its true that we all should resect our nation but at the same time its true that in india the status of physio compare to other country is very bad.
i am a physio passed out in 2003 from RGUHS.but see what we have to do i have to prove my self again again and still after working this much time we have to be the victim of surgeon,s EGO.they might be knowing about their work but we know our proffession and we need not to learn physiotheray from a neuro or ortho surgeon.but this happens in india might be not in metro and west and south india but just look towrods north india what the shit going on here,
soory to use this type of words but its true that we have to strugle in india
thanks