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Mumbai: Meera Devi is patiently sitting with her 12-yearold son on her lap in a corner of a hall, overflowing with more than 400 children and their parents, at Bandra’s Lilavati Hospital. With every bite of lunch she feeds him with her hands, the Worli resident nurtures a dream to see his son break into a walk.
In the same hall, Kalyan resident Anand Kadam is pushing a wheelchair with his twin daughters sitting on it. Besides the timing of their birth, nine-year-olds Komal and Kajal have another thing in common: they cannot walk due to a knee disorder.
Like Mukesh, Komal and Kajal, more than 500 children with varying degrees of disability thronged the free children’s orthopaedic corrective surgery camp organised at Lilavati Hospital on Saturday.
Meera believes the camp will help his son, who suffers from cerebral palsy and has not been able to walk since his birth, lead a pain-free life. “We want to send him to school. Right now, he can’t even stand on his own. We hope this camp helps him,’’ said Mukesh’s father Mohan Lal.
Kadam said it was an opportunity for him to give his daughter “expert treatment’’ that was affordable. “This camp is for a noble cause. I really believe it will change the lives of many children,’’ he added.
The camp was organised and funded by Child Foundation, an NGO set up by paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Ashok Johari. It promises to not only take care of the immediate operation, plasters or botulumin (botox) shots, but also of follow-up visits for up to a year, that too, free of cost.
At least 50 doctors from all over India were deployed for check-ups and surgeries at the camp. “The surgeries will start from Saturday night and continue till Sunday. The operations will also be conducted on the 15th and 16th of this month,’’ said Dr Johari.
It is estimated that 5% of children in India suffer from some physical handicap, their numbers adding up to almost 20 million. Dr Johari said with his small efforts, he wants to bring a change in the lives of such children.
“Our main objective is to spread awareness about orthopaedic diseases. There are many deformities that can be fully cured if they are treated at the right time. But in many cases, even doctors are not aware and deny the treatment. Those deformities take severe shape with time,’’ he added.
“Child Foundation aims to raise awareness on how to help such children . We want to offer a platform for various philanthropic organisations,’’ says Ashiana Dhillon, a trustee of the foundation.
In the same hall, Kalyan resident Anand Kadam is pushing a wheelchair with his twin daughters sitting on it. Besides the timing of their birth, nine-year-olds Komal and Kajal have another thing in common: they cannot walk due to a knee disorder.
Like Mukesh, Komal and Kajal, more than 500 children with varying degrees of disability thronged the free children’s orthopaedic corrective surgery camp organised at Lilavati Hospital on Saturday.
Meera believes the camp will help his son, who suffers from cerebral palsy and has not been able to walk since his birth, lead a pain-free life. “We want to send him to school. Right now, he can’t even stand on his own. We hope this camp helps him,’’ said Mukesh’s father Mohan Lal.
Kadam said it was an opportunity for him to give his daughter “expert treatment’’ that was affordable. “This camp is for a noble cause. I really believe it will change the lives of many children,’’ he added.
The camp was organised and funded by Child Foundation, an NGO set up by paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Ashok Johari. It promises to not only take care of the immediate operation, plasters or botulumin (botox) shots, but also of follow-up visits for up to a year, that too, free of cost.
At least 50 doctors from all over India were deployed for check-ups and surgeries at the camp. “The surgeries will start from Saturday night and continue till Sunday. The operations will also be conducted on the 15th and 16th of this month,’’ said Dr Johari.
It is estimated that 5% of children in India suffer from some physical handicap, their numbers adding up to almost 20 million. Dr Johari said with his small efforts, he wants to bring a change in the lives of such children.
“Our main objective is to spread awareness about orthopaedic diseases. There are many deformities that can be fully cured if they are treated at the right time. But in many cases, even doctors are not aware and deny the treatment. Those deformities take severe shape with time,’’ he added.
“Child Foundation aims to raise awareness on how to help such children . We want to offer a platform for various philanthropic organisations,’’ says Ashiana Dhillon, a trustee of the foundation.
GOOD DEED: A free children’s orthopaedic corrective surgery camp was held at Bandra’s Lilavati Hospital on Saturday.
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