Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 18: A five days long Free Artificial Foot Limb / Caliper camp for the on-spot fabrication and fitment of prosthetics aids, under the aegis of Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahayata Samiti, Kota Rajasthan began at Red Cross Sarai, Maheshpura here, today. The Camp is organised in the loving memory of late Justice R.P.Sethi and M.C. Bhandari of Kota by Viklang Chhatra Trust (VCT) in collaboration with Regional Red Cross Society Jammu.
A team of 12 technicians of BMVSS, the world’s largest society for the manufacturing of artificial limbs are busy in fabricating lower limbs and calipers individually for each beneficiary as per his/her requirement.
The camp was inaugurated by Raj R.P Sethi, a social activist and wife of late Justice Sethi, the chief patron of VCT. R.C.Puri, secretary Regional Red Cross Society, Dinesh Gupta,Member Executive Red Cross, Chhatrapal,Satya Pal Saraf ,D.K Kapoor, and Dr. V.S. Verma, president, organizer, secretary and joint secretary of VCT were present on this occasion. Saraf said that all programmes of Trust were for help and not charity and were executed without any assistance from any Government agency. Thirty five beneficiaries were registered on the first day of the camp . Amputees and polio victims hailing from far flung and backward areas of Udhampur, Poonch, Doda, Samba and Jammu districts attended the camp today. Free lodging boarding is being provided to the beneficiaries and their attendants. Some wheel chairs and tricycles were also provided to severally handicapped persons.
Speaking on the occasion Praveen Bhandari said that, the Jaipur Foot, which closely resembles the normal human foot, has become widely acceptable on account of its extraordinary mobility, low weight and a high degree of flexibility. More importantly, the experience of those who have been fitted with this artificial limb is that they can run, climb trees, pedal bicycles, work in paddy fields, walk barefooted and even squat.
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