00:00The 50-day Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camp is being accommodated at the Diwali Nagar
00:06and Friday marked the inaugural launch of it at the Diplomatic Center.
00:10The camp, which has been rolled out in other parts of the world as well by Jaipur Foot,
00:15a subsidiary of the Bhagwan Mahavir Viklang Sahyata Samiti of Jaipur,
00:19is now here to benefit the people of this country.
00:22It is being seen as a further strengthening of the diplomatic relations between India and TNT
00:27and comes as a result of talks between Prime Minister Kamala Poussad Bisasa
00:31and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Moody, who visited TNT this year.
00:36Indian High Commissioner to TNT Dr. Pradeep Rajpur-Rohit says the need in this country is great.
00:42And when I argued and when I proposed this camp,
00:47I was told that normally we do for 600 people a camp for a fairly large-sized country.
00:53Why do you need? And I proposed about 1,200.
00:56And we had a series of discussion on this.
00:59And I said that this is based on my assessment being also as a medical doctor.
01:04We see very high incidence of diabetes here.
01:08And because of that, and also that we have above-knee amputations,
01:13pretty large number of amputations,
01:15and I was able to convince my ministry and government
01:20to allocate 800 beneficiaries for this camp.
01:25People are also coming from Grenada and Dominica as part of the 800 beneficiaries which were catered for.
01:31According to Dr. Rajpur-Rohit,
01:33the camp which unofficially began at Anagara on Thursday is already oversubscribed,
01:38and they are in the process to see how others can be accommodated.
01:42Founder and chief patron of the BMVSS of Jaipur,
01:46Dr. Maita says,
01:48people who have lost their limbs are in need of support.
01:51They are among the most distressed segment of the society,
01:57having lost their limbs,
02:00they lost their mobility,
02:02they lost their dignity,
02:04they lost their income,
02:05and they lost their social respect.
02:08They suffer not from one,
02:10but four disabilities,
02:12psychological also included.
02:14Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Bissassa
02:15expresses gratitude to the Indian government.
02:18Over the next 50 days,
02:20hundreds of our citizens will be measured,
02:23fitted,
02:24and guided to work again
02:26at no cost to them
02:28or to their families.
02:30Again, we thank our partners again.
02:33The Minister of Health
02:34reports 350
02:36to 400
02:38lower limb amputations
02:39each year,
02:41mostly due,
02:42as Excellency mentioned,
02:43to diabetes,
02:44and of course,
02:45there are road traffic
02:45and other kinds of injuries.
02:47With one in six
02:49adults
02:50living with diabetes,
02:52the second highest rate
02:54in the Americas,
02:54he entered an antibiotic,
02:55the second highest rate
02:57of diabetics
02:57in the Americas.
02:59Too often,
03:00a small foot wound
03:01spirals into
03:03the loss
03:04of an entire limb.
03:05The Prime Minister says
03:06it is a serious issue
03:08in more ways
03:09than one.
03:10A single amputation
03:12can reduce
03:13a household's income
03:15by 20 to 40%.
03:17A limb costs
03:2115,000 to 40,000
03:24as he told us,
03:26which is far beyond
03:27the reach
03:27of most families.
03:29She says
03:30eight out of 10 amputees
03:31regain basic mobility
03:33and one in two
03:34will return to work
03:35or school
03:35in a year's time.
03:37The Prime Minister
03:37indicates that
03:38there will be
03:39follow-up care
03:39with the regional
03:40health authorities
03:41and training
03:42for technicians
03:43and clinicians
03:44which India
03:45has committed
03:46to providing
03:46assistance with
03:47to ensure
03:48that the amputees
03:49get the best outcome.
03:51But that's not all.
03:52Ms. Excellency
03:53passed it to me
03:53to make this special
03:55announcement here today.
03:56I want to announce
03:57that through a partnership
03:59with the Jaipur Foot Camp,
04:01we will be establishing
04:02an artificial limb center
04:05in Trinidad and Tobago.
04:07And there are plans
04:08to reach out
04:09to CARICOM countries
04:10concerning this.
04:12The artificial limb
04:13fitment camp
04:14is done by the BMVSS
04:15in honor of Mahatma Gandhi
04:17and his teachings
04:18of kindness
04:19and service to people.
04:21Alicia Boucher,
04:23TV6 News.
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