National Syrian Project for Prosthetic Limbs

“The Project: The National Syrian Project for Prosthetic Limbs
Our Vision: The project aims to restore amputees’ normal life and make them active members of the society.
Description
The Syrian national project for artificial limbs is non-profit and non-political independent humanitarian medical charity established in August 2012. The project is the result of a vigorous effort and cooperation between a group of Syrian doctors, some independent and some belong to a prestigious medical bodies such as the Syrian British Medical Society ( SBMS) in the United Kingdom and Syrian Expatriate Medical Association ( SEMA) in France.
Our goal is to provide complete service to the patient starting from the early stages of psychological support , physical therapy, fitting of prosthesis and gait training to social rehabilitation and helping patients to return to their previous work and be engaged as an active member in the community.
The project is an institute that operate according to its democratic by-laws. The financial support is mainly derived from charities registered in UK (Syria Relief) and France (SEMA). This enables the project to provide its services free of charge to any Syrian amputee in need without any discrimination.
The project uses a modified Jaipur Foot technique to manufacture the artificial lower limbs. The technique depends mainly on converting low cost drain pipes into a limb skeleton. Feet and articulated knees are then added as needed.
قام مجموعة من الأطباء السوريين بتأسيس المنظمة الوطنية السورية
لتعويض الأطراف لإقامة مشروع وطني عام و عاجل يقوم بتعويض الأطراف السفلية المبتورة خلال الثورة السورية .
المشروع يهدف لصناعة تعويضات للأطراف السفلية محلياً و بتكلفة رمزية بهدف استيعاب كل المصابين بشكل عاجل
يشرف على هذا المشروع مجموعة من الأطباء الذين ينتمون لعدة منظمات طبية و إغاثية سورية و هم الجمعية الطبية السورية البريطانية SBM و الرابطة الطبية للمغتربين السوريين و اتحاد المنظمات الطبية الإغاثية السورية”