Chennai, India - December 08, 2008
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) in association with Dow India has organized a five-day Jaipur Foot and caliper camp in Chennai to provide free artificial limbs and calipers to the physically challenged. The camp runs from December 15 through December 19, 2008. Camps were earlier conducted in Pune and Mumbai which saw almost 1000 individuals fitted with Jaipur foot and calipers.
| Details | |
| Date | : December 15 – 19, 2008 |
| Time | : 9 am – 7 pm (Patients are advised to reach the venue before 2 PM) |
| Venue | : Shantiniketan, Hasthinapur Nagari (Maloo Jain Bhawan) 30, Venkatchalam Mudali Street, Choolai, Chennai – 600 112. (Near Choolai Post Office) |
| Contact | :044 26691616 / 25322223 |
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 have complemented the new foot commenting that the PU foot is preferable to rubber with additional benefits including being lightweight and more 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 and Anarde Foundations 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 assistance has been provided totally free of charge. In the last financial year 2007-08 alone BMVSS, with support from various sensitive sources and organizations helped more than 66,000 handicapped. In the last several years BMVSS has held on-the-spot artificial limb camps in 22 countries across Asia, Africa & Latin America where there are many land mind victims. These countries include Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, and Honduras. BMVSS is also committed to the upgrading of various aids and appliances with the help of various world-renowned scientific organizations and technology companies so that the handicapped are benefited even further.
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