Kuwait Physical Therapy Association

The KPTA had a positive meeting with the General Manager of The Public Authority for Youth and Sports , retired general Faisal Aljazzaf, in Teusday 10th of July 2012 where they discussed several topics regarding the Physical therapy in Kuwait in general, and regarding the recruitment of unlicensed and unqualified personnel as physical therapists in the local sport clubs..

روابط الخبر في الصحف المحلية:

جريدة الوطن

http://m.alwatan.com.kw/articledetails.aspx?Id=207496&YearQuarter=20123

جريدة الرأي

http://www.alraimedia.com/Alrai/Article.aspx?id=364998&date=12072012

جريدة الأنباء

http://www.alanba.com.kw/ar/kuwait-news/308780/12-07-2012/

جريدة السياسة

http://www.al-seyassah.com/AtricleView/tabid/59/smid/438/ArticleID/200174/reftab/36/Default.aspx

جريدة الجريدة

http://aljarida.com/2012/07/11/2012518738/

جريدة النهار

http://www.annaharkw.com/Annahar/Article.aspx?id=340337&date=12072012

وغيرها العديد من الجرائد والمواقع الإلكترونية والمنتديات

The KPTA’s President Dr Ahmad Alharbi have thanked Dr AlObaidi, The Minister of Health, for his decision is transferring the hospital directors including the PMR hospital’s director in his statement.  Moreover, Dr Alharbi  demanded in his statement that the Ministry of  Health should look into the Physical Therapist’s complaints that were filed regarding the previous promotions.

Read the complete article in the below links

روابط الخبر في الصحف المحلية الكويتية

جريدة الأنباء

http://www.alanba.com.kw/ar/kuwait-news/health/306033/02-07-2012/

جريدة الوطن

http://m.alwatan.com.kw/articledetails.aspx?Id=205246

جريدة النهار

http://www.annaharkw.com/annahar/Article.aspx?id=338526&date=02072012

The KPTA had filed several complaints to the Minister of The Health regarding the in-cooperation of the Director of the Physical Therapy Administration in the Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) with the KPTA and the 26 Physical Therapists who previously complaint his previous Random/Unjust decisions in promoting several Physical Therapists to new head of departments in several hospitals in Kuwait, knowing that the KPTA and the 26 P.T.’s had tried to meet with the Director to solve their complaints, but he insisted on his decisions and refused to meet with them.

You can read the whole articles in the links below

جريدة الشاهد

http://alshahed.net/pdf/1391/3.pdf

جريدة الدار

http://www.aldaronline.com/dar/Detail2.cfm?ArticleID=187305

جريدة النهار

http://www.annaharkw.com/ANNAHAR/Article.aspx?id=336530&date=20062012

جريدة الأنباء

http://www.alanba.com.kw/ar/kuwait-news/health/302961/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82/#.T-DWnWvQVa4.twitter

جريدة الوطن

http://alwatan.kuwait.tt/articledetails.aspx?Id=203645&YearQuarter=20122

We are proud to announce that the Kuwait Physical Therapy Association have joined the  8th Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain  as an endorsing organization.

The KPTA had a meeting with the minister of Health Dr. Ali Alobaidi where they discussed the P.T. situation in Kuwait and how P.T. can progress into a better profession in regards to patient care and the Physical therapists as employees.  Moreover, several topics were discussed including the D.P.T. and how can P.T. in Kuwait  achieve the regional and global standards in the advancement of Physical Therapy.

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A letter was written by the KPTA to the Minister of Health, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, and the Committee on Petitions and Complains of The Kuwait National Assembly explaining to them the protest from the 26 P.T.s in Kuwait on the Undersecretary’s decision for promoting new P.T. head of Departments in the governmental hospitals which are , according to the Civil Service Commission, less qualified than the protesting 26 P.T.’s..

You can more in the links below

جريدة سبر الألكترونية

http://www.sabr.cc/inner.aspx?id=31248

جريدة الآن الألكترونية

http://www.alaan.cc/pagedetails.asp?nid=107936&cid=30

جريدة الأنباء

http://www.alanba.com.kw/AbsoluteNMNEW/templates/local2010.aspx?articleid=293181&zoneid=14

جريدة النهار

http://www.annaharkw.com/annahar/Article.aspx?id=330680&date=17052012

جريدة الدار

http://www.aldaronline.com/Dar/Detail2.cfm?ArticleID=183595

10 KPTA members Delegates have been chosen (by a random public name drawl) to attended the Physio Dubai 2012 conference on May 20-21st on behalf of the KPTA, and 4 of the KPTA board members have attended the same conference on their behalf.

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The Future PT Group have won the KPTA elections on 10th of April 2012 with the Dr Hamad Alothman having the leading votes of 105, Dr Hanan Humoud came in second place with 94 votes, Dr Hamad Almutairi came in third place with 92 votes, Dr Ali Nahar came in 4th place with 91 votes, Dr Ahmad Alharbi won 82 votes which made him the fifth place, Dr Albatool Leri came in sixth place with 81 votes, and last but not least Dr Zaid Albuloushi with 80 votes.