A Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre has been opened in Jorpati, Kathmandu, to help patients adjust to the short- and long-term effects of acute back injuries. The Centre is run by the Spinal Injury Sangha Nepal, in collaboration with the Nepal Disabled Association. The facility was opened on 7 April 2002 (25 Chaitra 2058) by Sir Edmund Hillary.

Spinal Injury in Nepal
Given the poor state of medical and health services for the population at large, spinal injury victims and their families do what they can to cope in villages and accident sites. To begin with, there are no dedicated rescue facilities. The transport of victims to hospitals, when it does take place, is over rough terrain and tends to compound the injury to the spinal column.

While rescue and transport are wholly inadequate, there are now hospitals in the country that do cater to the spinally injured. Even those fortunate to receive treatment, however, have missed access to dedicated rehabilitation support. With such support, including physiotherapy, the quality of life of the victim is significantly reduced, leading to further, ongoing complications and issues.