‘Garja Maharashtra’ brings to you the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre only on IBN Lokmat

Aug. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- From setting up country’s first wheelchair rugby team to building up fully fledged computer centre for the inmates, Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre does all that things to make our injured Indian soldiers happy and smiling again. This Pune centre is devoted to take best after care and rehabilitation of personnel's of Defence Forces of India who are medically boarded out, i.e. retired form service due to Spinal Cord Injury while serving the nation. The institute ensures that these soldiers have a positive outlook in life and they should remember that “It is not their disability but ability that counts”. Know more about the exemplarily work of this organization only on Garja Maharashtra, on Saturday 20th August 2011, at 8:30 pm on IBN-Lokmat.
This organization firmly believes in the ideology that a soldier dedicates his life for the nation and it is the moral responsibility of the nation to honor his sacrifice and take responsibility of his needs. With 83 single beds and 26 married quarters making a total of 109 bedded Centre, today, Pune centre is the largest centre of its kind in India and one of the largest in South East Asia.
The need for such organizations in the country is immense because paraplegics and tetraplegics suffer from one of the severest forms of physical disability that can inflict an individual. After initial treatment although they become wheelchair borne, but they still require lifelong medical care that aids to prevent future and mitigate existing complications. More than the physical treatment, the mental conditioning for the soldiers is important as most of them suffer from grave depression for not being accepted by their families due to their disability.
The foundation stone of paraplegic institution was laid by General(Late) GG Bewoor, PVSM, the then Chief of Army Staff on 23 June 1973 and the Centre was inaugurated by (Late) Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the then President of India on 20 Sep 1974. The idea of building a paraplegic home was conceived after the 1971 Indo-Pak War when there were 60 Spinal Cord Injury casualties.
Know more about this exceptional institution only on Garja Maharashtra on Saturday 20th August 2011 at 8:30 pm only on IBN-Lokmat.

You can also watch a repeat of this episode on Sunday i.e. 21th August 2011 at 11:30 am.

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