Jaipur Foot for 1,000 Iraqis

New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Around 1,000 Iraqis who have
lost their legs will be able to walk again with a Jaipur-based
organisation planning to equip them with the famous Jaipur
Foot.

A 22-member delegation of Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang
Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) embarked for Iraq on Monday where they
will set up a camp in association with Chalabi Trust there and
Pakistan's Haswa Trust in this connection.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi flagged off from her
residence the delegation which will reach the middle-east
country on Tuesday.
According to D R Mehta of BMVSS, the delegation will
be there in Iraq for a month and during this period they will
distribute the famed Jaipur foot for those injured in the wars
that ravaged the country.
"We will fix artificial limbs on around 1,000 people.
This will be a record in itself," Mehta said.
Jaipur Foot is a rubber-based prosthetic leg for
people with below-knee amputations.PTI SJY
KAB


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