Canadian doc performs free surgeries for disabled children
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Nagpur: The
Nagai Narayanji Memorial Foundation (NNMF) is coming up with a
comprehensive institute for providing surgical as well as rehabilitative
therapies for disabled children under one roof at Hingna in about an
year's time. The centre will provide surgical intervention for
orthopaedically and neurologically challenged children requiring
surgical intervention and rehabilitative therapies like physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, speech therapy and other medical as well as
non-medical care for bringing the disabled into mainstream.
Dr Viraj Shingade, a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon, has performed 2,763 surgeries on children with different disabilities since 2006 free of cost from remote villages in not just Vidarbha but all neighbouring states under the aegis of NNMF. The foundation started by his father Uttam Narayanji Shingade, a retired government employee, will now be starting the centre aimed at providing even ancillary facilities like special gardens with assisted play zones, schools, auditorium, recreational parks and vocational training, residential facilities for outstation parents, research wing, and specialized training centres for paramedical staffs dedicated to care of disabled children.
The foundation gets children from all over the region selecting them through diagnostic camps held throughout the year. They mainly come from Gadchiroli, Gondia, Bhandara, Amravati districts in Vidarbha and parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and tribal parts of Orissa. Impressed by Dr Shingade's work, Dr Christopher Carter, a senior orthopaedic surgeon and his nurse wife Daniele Dispres from University Hospital, Ottawa, Canada, have joined hands. Dr Carter has performed 80 out of the 100 surgeries done since October. He is staying in city for the past two months to for these surgeries. The foundation has a target of completing 300 surgeries this year.
Dr Viraj Shingade, a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon, has performed 2,763 surgeries on children with different disabilities since 2006 free of cost from remote villages in not just Vidarbha but all neighbouring states under the aegis of NNMF. The foundation started by his father Uttam Narayanji Shingade, a retired government employee, will now be starting the centre aimed at providing even ancillary facilities like special gardens with assisted play zones, schools, auditorium, recreational parks and vocational training, residential facilities for outstation parents, research wing, and specialized training centres for paramedical staffs dedicated to care of disabled children.
The foundation gets children from all over the region selecting them through diagnostic camps held throughout the year. They mainly come from Gadchiroli, Gondia, Bhandara, Amravati districts in Vidarbha and parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and tribal parts of Orissa. Impressed by Dr Shingade's work, Dr Christopher Carter, a senior orthopaedic surgeon and his nurse wife Daniele Dispres from University Hospital, Ottawa, Canada, have joined hands. Dr Carter has performed 80 out of the 100 surgeries done since October. He is staying in city for the past two months to for these surgeries. The foundation has a target of completing 300 surgeries this year.
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