The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine (DRM) is the only rehabilitation center in the country that offers complete and comprehensive services to meet the dynamic needs of patients with disabilities. From its humble beginnings in 1953, the department has evolved into a multidisciplinary facility that promotes a “quality of life” approach in patient management. Using the combined expertise of multiple health professionals, comprehensive care is delivered through an individualized, goal-oriented approach. The department offers non-surgical treatment in the management of acute and chronic medical conditions, musculoskeletal conditions and various disabilities.

The department boasts of an array of basic and state of the art Rehabilitation services, reaching to almost all types and ages of patients. Aside from special diagnostic techniques such as electrodiagnostic studies (EMG & NCV) and cystometrogram (CMG), the department offers multiple treatment options in the management of patients. These include therapeutic exercises, manual medicine, orthotics and prosthetics, biofeedback, intraarticular and botox injections, physical, occupational, & speech therapy and psychological intervention in rehabilitation. Its specialized programs, such as Cardiac Rehabilitation, Pain and Arthritis Care, Geriatric and Pediatric Rehabilitation, ensure that patients and their families are provided with optimum care.

It continues to set the standard of excellence as the model disciplinary facility in preventive, primary and rehabilitative care of the differently-abled. The department has developed holistic programs and strategies to improve rehabilitation services, training and research consistent with the mission and vision of the Philippine General Hospital.