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VIRRD, ASRRAMS to provide medical services to poor
The Venkateswara Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled (VIRRD) is planning to expand its activities and provide free medical aid to the poor.
Dwaraka Tirumala: The Venkateswara Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Disabled (VIRRD) is planning to expand its activities and provide free medical aid to the poor.
Addressing the media here on Sunday, well-known surgeon Dr Jagadeesh of Balaji Institute of Surgery Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled (BIRRD), Tirupati, said that the VIRRD, Dwaraka Tirumala, has decided to extend its services free of cost to the physically challenged and signed an agreement with Alluri Sitarama Raju Academy of Medical Sciences (ASRRAMS) in Eluru in this regard.
Dr Jagadish said that the hospital which was initially started by the five-member staff has now expanded to 60 members. The surgeries for the physically challenged would be conducted for polio-affected people too, he stated.
He said that he performed surgery recently on a person who underwent several surgeries and was also told that his leg would be amputated. However, he was able to cure his problem with the Limb Recon System, a rare surgery in the hospital, he added.
The orthopaedic surgeon said that the VIRRD has applied for permission from the state government to allow the Arogyasri cards to be used in the hospital as more poor patients were coming for treatment. The Raju Vegesna Foundation has come forward to establish this institution and was extending financial support to the hospital, he pointed out.
The hospital was treating the polio-affected people also, he added. The hospital has been conducting surgical proceedings since December 2008 onwards for the poor and physically challenged children with the help of Dr Jagadesh and his team from BIRRD, Tirupati.
Till now, nearly 11,970 physically challenged cases were screened and out of which 1,220 cases were operated and rehabilitated in 52 camps. In all, 1,010 patients were being given callipers, physiotherapy and walking aids.
