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Mr.Vijay Ganpat Naik
he was born on January 8th, 1956 in a small village named Bamani
of Karwar District in Maharashtra. Mr.Naik narrates
“ I still remember how my family suffered when doctors assessed a
compound fracture and said that it could lead to a permanently
disabled foot. This simple incidence set him in his mission to
provide succor to the disabled. He was fond of Painting, sight
seeing.
After getting Primary & High School education from Karwar,
Maharshtra Vijay Naik got his Graduation in Prosthetics & Orthotic
Engineering with honors from All India Institute of Physical
Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mumbai in 1974-77. He later completed
certificate course in Designing & Fabrication of low cost
Orthotics & Prosthetics Aids from British High Commission. During
1991-92 he was awarded International Fellowship at Kessaller
Institute for Rehabilitation, New Jersey.
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PNRS
Society for Relief & Rehabilitation of the disabled
This society was started during 1985 with an aim to serve the
disabled and the society is engaged in multi faceted activities to
help, support and give a loving care to the disabled and enable
them to live a respectable life in the society. Their is a largest
Society of its kind in India where practically all the
disabilities are treated under one roof and each day over 2000
disabled persons are benefited by our activities.
Their objective lies for the upliftment of the disabled both
socially and economically by conducting survey, immunization,
treatment, surgical intervention, distribution of aids &
appliances, education (integrated & special), vocational training,
service & self employment. These activities are a part of the
UNICEF character.
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Shri K. L. Institute for the Deaf is one of the best
schools in the country imparting free lodging, boarding &
education to over 300 students. The students are treated for
impairment of hearing from the tender age. The institute is
enriched with medical experts, Para medical staff and specially
trained teachers. Rural population is helped through integrated
education and free camps for eradication of the deafness. The
School runs Degree level course for preparing Teachers and conduct
special course for mothers of such children’s.
Shri K.K. School & Home for the Blind is one of the oldest
Residential School in the state imparting education to over one
hundred children’s up to high school level with free lodging &
boarding facilities. Facilities also exist for Home Science
classes for girls.
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Ankur School for the Mentally Retarded has been functional in its
newly built complex having day school with over seventy children’s
in the age group of 7 to 18 years. They are categorized according
to their I.Q. for School. ADL, behavior etc.
Their motto to eradicate Polio is in its full swing in
co-operation with Impact foundation, UK. We have organized over
365camps in a span of 15 years throughout the country through our
mobile team which have examined over lacs children’s and operated
over twenty six thousands.
They are provided with calipers free of cost in addition to
surgery, food etc. which accounts to over Rs. One Crore per year.
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They
have fledged Artificial Limb Manufacturing Workshop
which have created some Artificial Limbs including
Cross Leg Lower Limb “Prabha Foot” Which have fetched
them world’s attention. For the first time they have
launched Miracle Electronic hand and started one year
Govt. approached Training Course in this field.
Sir John Wilson CBR Program has been launched here
since last two years specially to cover the disabled
population in the remote villages of our country. This
include partnership program with impact Foundation,
UK. The institute has plans to start this program in
all 860 villages of Bhavnagar District. We are getting
help from both Governmental & Non Governmental bodies
and donors to reach the unreached and fulfill our
motto to rehabilitate the disabled to the maximum.
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Details of Profession:
Prosthetics & Orthotics is an interesting and most
essential profession of the Medical field where the
development has no horizon. Basically speaking
Orthotics is related to the orthopedic appliance which
is provided to the patients for the correction,
support or aligning any of the body part whereas
Prosthesis is the appliance which is a substitute for
the lost part of the body. This profession requires a
simple work shop with minimum machinery and the
supporting staff just require few months training to
get qualified in this field for fabricating artificial
aids & appliances. Mostly the techniques developed are
fast and cost effective. Entire rehabilitation
requires just simple diagnosis, prescribing suitable
appliance, taking measurement, Fabrication & fitting
of the same. The most useful part is the mass
rehabilitation within minimum time. This can be seen
in the camp activities where 100 to 150 patients are
fitted with artificial limbs within four to five days
time.
Their motivation is to be useful to the society.
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