Accra, Dec. 4, – The
Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services (CRS), a technologically driven, total
physical rehabilitation service provider has developed the Limb Project to seek
sponsorship for fund to help provide prosthetic rehabilitation services for
under privileged amputees.
The sponsorship from individuals
and institutions are targeted at children of school going age and individuals
with the capacity to go back to economic activities to help themselves and
their families.
Mr Joseph Thompson, the Founder
of CSR, told the Ghana News Agency that the overarching objective of the
project was to annually solicit funds to treat at least 30 amputees between the
ages of three and 50 years.
He said the sponsoring
institution or individual may recruit and bring amputees for them to be
rehabilitated or task CRS to identify and recruit such amputees that lack the
financial capacity to pay for such services.
He said prosthetic rehabilitation
services have been available in Ghana, since the 1950’s, when it was introduced
by the government to take care of war veterans from the Second World War.
He said the number of people who
were in need of the service kept increasing and the materials used for making
prosthetic devices have also become more advanced and expensive.
“This has made it expensive for
patients to purchase such services,” he added.
Mr Thompson said recent changes
in life style and its attendant peripheral vascular diseases like diabetes were
leading to more amputations in young adults from the ages of fifty upwards with
rampant road traffic accidents, industrial accidents, domestic accidents and
snake bites still causing more amputations in individuals.
He said most of these amputees
were either people of school going age or people who have the ability to return
to economic activities to take care of themselves and their families.
“The sad thing is that after
amputation, most people who cannot afford the cost of artificial legs are
unable to fit back well into the school system or employment environment due to
their challenge,” he added.
He said CRS intends to bring
physical rehabilitation services into the patient’s immediate community, right
at their doorstep, adding that CRS maintained a high calibre of professionals,
who have long service experience in their various professions.
CRS makes use of the latest
certified and appropriate technology to ensure patient and client satisfaction
and with the understanding that the rehabilitation needs of individuals vary
widely, even for people with similar health conditions.
GNA
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