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Description
Where is the Physiotherapy Department located at MDH and how can it be reached?
The Physiotherapy Department is located on the ground floor, along the south corridor just beyond the Hospital Chapel. It shares reception and waiting room facilities with the Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy Departments.
What does the Physiotherapy Department do?
The Physiotherapy Department at MDH provides services to both inpatients and outpatients. It also acts as a reception point for patients who are referred from outpatient consultant clinics and the Accident and Emergency department. It works in close collaboration with other physiotherapy services and departments across Malta and Gozo.
Inpatient services
The physiotherapy services to the inpatient wards are organised on the basis of clinical teams. The teams provide a service to all the wards at MDH and are identified as follows:
- Critical care and cardiac services team
- Surgical team
- Medical team
- Paediatric team
- Orthopaedic team
- Neurosciences team
- Women’s & Men’s Health
- 7 day week after hours and on-call service
Referral of inpatients for physiotherapy is a collaborative procedure between medical, nursing and physiotherapy staff. Physiotherapists provide treatment during the acute phase of a patient’s stay in hospital. Early rehabilitation to facilitate discharge home or to prepare for further rehabilitation in an inpatient or outpatient setting is an important role carried out by physiotherapists at MDH.
Outpatient services
Inpatients requiring follow-up on an outpatient basis may be seen at MDH. However, the majority are referred to the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department at the St. Luke’s Hospital and other physiotherapy departments in Malta and Gozo.
Out-patient services at MDH include:
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Hand Therapy
- Women and men’s health physiotherapy
- Paediatric Physiotherapy which includes patients referred for orthopaedic and respiratory conditions. Children with development and long-term conditions are treated at the Paediatric Physiotherapy Department located at CDAU (Pieta’)
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Physiotherapy service for staff members
- Respiratory Physiotherapy
- Staff Treatment service
- A&E Physiotherapy
- Vestibular Physiotherapy
- Out-Patients Triage
Other Services
- Moving and handling training
- Exercise testing and prescription in weight management staff program
- Patient safety
- Advice about procurement of hospital equipment
- Organization of continuous development programs
Who can make use of the services?
In-patients and out-patients are referred to physiotherapy by medical staff. Physiotherapy treatment is always preceded by a thorough assessment to establish patient needs and to plan an individualised treatment programme.
Contact Details
Physiotherapy Department
Mater Dei Hospital
Tal Qroqq
Telephone Numbers: 2545 6600 / 2545 6601
Opening Hours
- Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
An out of hours service is available specifically for inpatients.
- Physiotherapy Services
- Mater Dei Hospital
- Gozo General Hospital
- Sir Anthony Mamo Oncology Centre
- St Vincent de Paule Long Term Facility
- Mount Carmel Hospital
- Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital Inpatient Department
- Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Department
- Outpatient Paediatric Services
- Community Clinics
- Health Centres
- Community Service