No matter how dark the moment,
love and hope are always possible.
-Goerge Chakiris-
A split second can make
all the difference..
All our dreams, hopes,
plans can come crashing down to a standstill, with just one second of a mishap.
Couldn’t It?
Let’s call him Thushara....
20 year old Thushara was
just like any one of us. Being In his youthful days, he too had dreams &
hopes. Wanting to get through his degree, get a good job, get married, start a
family & in his case, build a house for his parents, as they were living in
a house belonging to his uncle. All these dreams of his future came crashing
down one day when he went out to his friend’s house. They were climbing a high tree,
when he missed his footing & fell off. An appalling accident, within a few
minutes brought his world to a shocked still. Sustaining severe injuries, he
was admitted to NHSL. Further assessment had revealed spinal injury at the
level of L1.
We met Thushara at the
Ragama rehabilitation Hospital. Lying supine in a bed, unable to move about on
his own, he looked helpless..
Just like everyone else
there. Some may call it karma, but in my opinion no one should deserve such a
calamity. How brutal is it to have been robbed off of all your dreams in just
one second? Just imagine, what would you do if it was you? How would you feel
if you wake up tomorrow and learn that you are unable to walk, feed yourselves,
and dress yourselves? To know that you would be dependent on someone else, even
just to sit up straight for the rest of your life? To realize that instead of
you taking care of your parents, it’s them who have to take care of you
forever?
It’s certainly not easy
for all the “Thusharas” at Ragama rehabilitation hospital. They are brought
here, referred by doctors to be more precise, when they are probably at their
worst possible mentality. They need reviving, they need hope, they need
strength both physically as well as mentally to cope up with their transformed
life.
The rehabilitation
hospital which is the largest in Sri Lanka, indeed provides the maximum
possible care for these patients, throughout their process of rehabilitation.
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| Entrance to the ward |
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| Scenic beauty! |
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| adaptations at occupational therapy unit |
The team consists of
consultants, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social service workers,
doctors & nurses. Each one of them has an important role to play, in order
to make these patients socially independent as much as possible.
Occupational therapy,
physiotherapy, speech therapy, counseling, rheumatologic treatment, vocational
training programs, provision of prosthetics & orthotics are among the many
services provided here. Situated in a tranquil environment, the surrounding
itself is soothing, adding to the mental relaxation of the patients. It made me
wish that CSTH, was built in such a surrounding too! Patients would certainly
recover in double the time I’m sure ;)
True, all the patients at
RRH, were helpless, nevertheless they were all hopeful. Hopeful that one day
they would return back to the lives they used to have, hopeful that one day all
their dreams & wishes will come true. It reminds me,
“We must
accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope”
Dinithi Herath
02/09/2012
Post 03
Good post Dinithi,
ReplyDeleteI have not been able to read all of your blogs this time as I was on the road a lot, but I see that at least some of you have got the hang of it. The main thing is to think about what you are learning all the time, to do it consciously so that you take away at least some of it for the future
Thank You madam :) This was one of the best appointments so far & i quite enjoyed the blog posting. Was missing out on my writing for quite awhile, & I'm glad to have being able to get back to it once again! Thank you :)
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