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Friday, April 16, 2010 - 07.16 GMT |
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Jaipur Foot
Team provides 1400 artificial limbs |
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The Jaipur Foot Team provided 1400 artificial limbs to internally displaced persons at its Artificial Limb Fitment Camp at Menik Farms in Vavuniya since March this year. Stating this, the Indian High
Commission said in a press release that he team had returned to India
after completion of a successful assgnment.
In keeping with its commitment to assist Sri Lanka in addressing
various challenges related to the aftermath of the armed conflict in
northern Sri Lanka, the Government of India arranged for the
deputation of an artificial limb fitment camp in the Northern Province
from March 13 to April 8, 2010, the release said. The camp, which is
fully funded by the Government of India, was run by a team of 19
experts from the Jaipur-based Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), the world famous non-governmental organization better known as “Jaipur Foot”. The BMVSS has the distinction of having fitted the largest number of limbs to disabled persons around the world and is well known for the innovative and user-friendly devices that it has developed over the years.
In Sri Lanka, the Jaipur Foot camp was set up in Zone 1 of Menik
Farm in Vavuniya district. It was run from the same location where
the Indian emergency hospital had earlier, in 2009, treated nearly
50,000 IDPs. The camp, which was officially inaugurated on March 19
by the High Commissioner of India, Mr. Ashok K. Kantha, and Mr.
Douglas Devananda, Hon’ble Minister for Social Services and Social
Welfare, started functioning from 13th March 2010. By the time the
camp closed on 8th April, it had fitted artificial limbs and other
devices to 1400 beneficiaries in all. These included 1087 prosthesis
(limbs), 123 orthosis (calipers) and 190 crutches.
The Government of India remains committed to continuing its
assistance to the IDP population in the Northern Province with a view to helping them return to lives of peace, normalcy and dignity, the press release concluded.
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