Mumbai, India - October 10, 2008
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) in association with Dow India have organized a five day Jaipur Foot and caliper camp in Mumbai to facilitate availability of free artificial limbs and calipers to the physically challenged. The camp begins on October 13 and will go on till October 17, 2008.
Details
Date : October 13 - 17, 2008
Time : 10 am - 2 pm
Venue : Maharashtra Seva Sangh, Airoli Branch, Plot No 24 & 25,
Sector 17, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400708
Contact: Mumbai Center - 9321576701 / 022 24140143 (10am to 5 pm)
The advanced Jaipur foot is a microcellular Polyurethane (PU) product, which is a technological advancement from the traditional Jaipur Foot made out of vulcanized rubber.
In 2005, BMVSS approached Dow India and Pinnacle Industries (Indore) to develop this concept. Extensive research at Dow India research units led to the launch of the new Polyurethanes (PU) made Foot in May 2006. Leading orthopedic experts reviewed the new foot in March 2008 and were highly appreciative of the development. The PU foot was better than rubber with additional benefits of being lightweight and comfortable to patients.
Dow India is further working on improving the PU foot by coating a layer of cast Elastomer to increase longevity by about 100%.
About Dow India
Dow Chemical International Private Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, has more than 700 employees, an office, manufacturing site and three Centers of Excellence. Operations in India have experienced exciting growth with annual sales crossing Rs 1880 crores ($470 mm) mark in 2007. As a responsible corporate citizen, Dow India has helped build homes for the homeless through the 'Habitat for Humanity' Jimmy Carter Work Project, supplied free artificial limbs through the 'Jaipur Foot' initiative, and collaborated with the Byrraju Foundation to supply clean drinking water to villages in India.
About Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS)
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) Jaipur, set up in 1975, is the world's largest organization for the handicapped, benefiting more than One Million handicapped in India and abroad, by providing artificial limbs, calipers and other aids and appliances since its inception. Since most of its patients are below the poverty line, this assistances to them has been provided totally free of charge. In the last one financial year of 2007-08 alone BMVSS, with support from various sensitive sources and organizations helped more than 66000 handicapped. Besides, in the last several years BMVSS held on-the-spot artificial limb camps in 22 Countries of Asia, Africa & Latin America where land mind victims galore. Some of these countries are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, Honduras etc. BMVSS is also committed to the up gradations of various aids and appliances with the help of various world-renowned scientific organizations and technology companies so that the handicapped are benefited even more.
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