Specialist centre to open in Coventry to help those with muscle wasting diseases

A SPECIALIST physiotherapy unit is opening in Coventry to help people with muscular dystrophy.

The neuromuscular centre at Herewood College in Tile Hill will be the first of its kind in the region and only the second in the country.

Charity chiefs will join campaigners to launch the centre this week.

There are more than 3,000 people who suffer from the muscle wasting condition in Coventry who could benefit from the new service.

Coun Harjinder Singh Sehmi, whose daughter is one of those patients, is backing the centre.

He said: "My daughter has been to [the first centre] in Cheshire twice and I proposed they should have a centre in the Midlands as well.

"I was delighted when they told me they were already planning one.

"This will be very beneficial to the community of Coventry."

Muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease that affects an estimated 11,500 people in the Midlands.

As the condition progresses, patients often have to use a wheelchair or even a ventilator.

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Specialist centre to open in Coventry to help those with muscle wasting diseases