Rehabilitation Service Departments :

Prosthetic and Orthotic Department

The Prosthetic & Orthotic Department was established in 1985 to provide comprehensive prosthetic and orthotic treatment to in-patients of MMRC and other hospitals in Hong Kong Island.

Prosthetic treatment is the application of substitutes for amputated parts, to restore their functions and cosmesis, and to aid balance and development.

Orthotic treatment is the application of dynamic and static splints, braces and slings directly and externally to the patient. Its aims are to support, correct or compensate for a skeletal deformity, fracture or weakness regardless of the cause.

The Prosthetic & Orthotic Department will continue to provide quality services for our patient and to improve their quality of life.

With the implementation of the integration plan of the Hong Kong West Cluster for Prosthetic & Orthotic service in 2001-2002, our department will become an amputee centre and also laboratory will be developed as a central fabrication unit to serve all the satellite centres in Hong Kong Western Cluster.