Meghawarna Rajapaksha
2012/08/29
Post no 03
Unforgettable Journey...... !!!!
Unbelievable Service....!!!!
Today was a much expected day for me.. My mind was filled with such curiosity to seek what's going on there..??? Who works in there.. What do they do.. Why do they do.. How do they do.. Who helps them,guide them..!!!
Well... Today is the day of reckoning.. the day of answers.. Yup... the unquenchable waiting atlast has reached its destination...We are going to colombo friend in need organization.. Atlast .. A dream come true..
I heard my friends who went there before talking about this.. Since then i was so eager to visit there..To see it from my own eyes..millions of grattitudes for the community medicine department for arranging this clerkship programme...No words to express the thanking.. We were just like frogs in a well only hugging books all around us..not knowing what really is out there.. Didnt know much about how the community health is secured... But WOW..!!!! Clerkship made up our eyes.. What an opportunity it gave us.. I would definitely say.. The best ever clinical appointment for me.. The places we went.. The procedures we saw..Truly amazing..How many places & personel devoted for the sake of the safety of community health.. simply unbelievable...!!!!
CFIN is situated near Gangarama temple.. It is the oldest charitable organization in the country established in 1831.. which is now morethan 180 years old..Its main function is manufacturing artificial limbs for amputees..They produce prosthesis which is an artificial device extention that replaces a missing body part... & Orthosis which is an orthopedic device that supports or corrects the function of a limb ...
Right after we went inside a person came with a nice smile & welcome us.. He gave us details of the organisation.. what they produce.. & also he showed us various types of artificial limbs in according to their evolvement... also he told us how they get the refferals for this organization...
1.direct - walk in basis
2.MO hospital
3.Referal through Grama Niladhari - via social services officer AGA office- social serviceMinistry - approves funding..
4.NGO's
Then we were taken to their factory sites... we saw how the artificial limbs are made step by step.. i have to mention it is not that simple.. it is not that easy.. They produce such a variety of prosthesis & orthosis... All for the benifit for those who were just capable as us but thought themselves not to be capable as normal anymore due to the loss of parts of their body... This organization gives them hope.. gives them ability.. gives them their happiness for the maximum level as possible.. gives them self confidence again..
Prosthetics ....Lower limb
1. Hip disarticulation prosthesis
2. Trans femoral prosthesis - above knee amputation
3. Through knee prosthesis
4. Ankle disarticulation prosthesis
5. Mid foot prosthesis
Upper limb...
1. Through shoulder artificial hand
2. Above elbow artificial hand
3. Below elbow artificial hand
Orthotics... lower limb..
1. Long leg caliper
2. Short leg caliper
3. Knee brace
4. Aluminium back splint
Trunk orthotics...
1.Scoliosis brace.
2. Spinal brace
3. Cervical collar for neck
Walking aid...
1. Wheel chair
2.Axillary crutches
3. Walker
4. Walking stick
The services this organization produces is far more extended than manufacturing artificial limbs.. They have simply devoted themselves for the disabled so that they can become as normal as possible.. What an service this is.. Truly unbelievable..!!!!
1. Artificial limbs are manuactured.
2. Stump conversion
3. Physiotherapy + exercise + gait training
4. Self employment grant
5. Mobile bus limb fitting workshop
6. Transient hostel facilities with provision of food
7. Education for desabled children & elders
8. Aidex annual sports meet.
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