Scores of children with deformed arms and legs have received free surgery at a health camp at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital.
The camp was organized by the Narayan Seva Sansthan, an Indian-based Non-governmental organization, Indian association Uganda Tooro Kingdom.
Children with fractures, rickets, knee deformities, bone infections, club feet were treated by a team of orthopaedics .
The camp, which attracted children from Kabarole, Ntoroko, Kamwenge and Kyenjojo, excited some parents who in the past couldn’t afford the costs of surgery.
The Tooro Kingdom officials said that the camp was aimed at helping children with limb deformities whose parents are poor to pay for their surgeries.
Rajesh Agrawal, the country manager Narayan Seva Sansthan, noted that they were able to get funds for the surgeries from donations by the Indian community in Uganda and those staying in India.
With the vision to liberate the society of Specially Abled Individuals across the world, Narayan Seva Sansthan – a charitable organisation that runs charitable hospitals in the country for Specially-abled people, has over the years organized medical camps in Uganda to provide Medical help and support for the Disabled people.
This year ,the camp targeted to provide corrective surgery and other post operation assistance to children so that they can get rid of their disability free of cost.
Speaking to this reporter, Mr Paresh Mehta, Chairman of the Indian Association of Uganda thanked all stakeholders including Medical Staff for providing the platform to help under privileged disabled people. He said with the continued support they would like to continue the services so that more and more under privileged people.
Narayan Seva Sansthan’s team started its social work in 2016 to provide Surgery, Artificial Limbs, Wheel chairs, Tri cycles , CP Chairs and other assistive devices to the less privileged and needy disabled people of Uganda.
On an international level, Uganda and India share deep historical ties that have matured into broad engagement across trade, investment, development cooperation, technology transfer and defence cooperation. Accordingly, bilateral trade between the two countries has crossed the $1.2 billion USD mark.
From a humanitarian perspective, so far, the Indian community sends children to India for life-saving heart surgeries along with their caretakers, annually.
