Free Prosthetic & Orthotic Camp gets underway at CRC Brookshabad Needy persons urged to avail services during the camp

       The 5-days Free Prosthetic & Orthotic Camp being organized by Composite Regional Centre (CRC), A&N Islands in association with the Rotary Club, Sri Vijaya Puram and Mahaveer Seva Sadan began today at CRC premises in Brookshabad. The camp is a significant step towards fulfilling CRC's vision of inclusivity and mobility for all. 

    A team of expert technicians from Kolkata has arrived to render their professional services during the camp, ensuring high-quality care and personalized fitting of artificial limbs and calipers. The team led by Shri Gautam Roy, Chief Prosthetic & Orthotic (P & O), Mahaveer Seva Sadan, Kolkata with his team of skillful hands and compassionate service provided professional help to around 50 beneficiaries from various walks of life from A & N Islands, who received services like upper limb like arms and hands, lower limbs like legs, feet or toes, ankle and foot (used for foot drop, cerebral palsy, stroke etc.), Knee-ankle foot used for polio, muscular dystrophy etc.

 Smti. Sumithamol.S, Director, CRC, A & N Islands, Smti Raj Mahajan, Founding Member, Mahaveer Seva Sadan, Shri Sagar Khurrana, President, Rotary Club along with other members of the Rotary Club were present on the occasion.

      The prostheses will be delivered during the valedictory function on 14th April, 2025. All eligible individuals in need of these services have been requested to avail themselves of the services provided at the Camp till April 14, 2025. For further details, one may contact Shri T.Y. Abid, Lecturer, Physiotherapy, CRC, Brookshabad, at 9632490149. The registration will close on April 13, 2025,a  press release from CRC, A&N Islands said.