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25 March - DaD Team
visited the Leprosy Colony in Bahrar area of
Srinagar, Kashmir. Bahrar is after the name of a sufi mystic poet Aziz
Bahrare. This colony was founded in 1892 by a British lady Miss Mary.
The colony has population of 250 persons including
children. Out of 250 almost 90-100 are suffering from leprosy and rest are recovered from the disease.
There are almost 66 houses in the colony which are not in proper condition.
There was school for the children within the colony but
was closed many years ago. Hospital within the colony is very old reminding of British Empire.
The people living within the colony depend on the donation provided by the people,
government and some local agencies.
DaD team distributed Dettol hand wash detergent soap for washing
clothes and biscuits.
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DaD team included:
Dr Mohammad Waris
Dr Masood Ahmad
Dr Arshad Ahmad
Dr Ajaz Chiloo
Dr Jahanara Chishti
Mrs Rumana Masood
Mr Syed Faisal
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Dr.Waris visited the colony
with a friend in 2005 and screened many people.
He had seen so many amputee cases and foot drop and some with claw hands.
The head of the colony is also suffering from leprosy.
They also marry within the colony and that is how new families come
into existence . The condition of the houses and the aid is very
poor, Govt is least concerned about them. This
year's visit was to explore how these people can
be helped further.
Throughout history, the sufferers of leprosy have often been ostracised by society. An intense fear of leprosy still persists, leading to stigmatisation of affected persons and their families.
Leprosy is a chronic, infectious disease. It affects the skin and peripheral nerves and if left untreated, there can be permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes. About 70% of the world's registered leprosy patients live in India.
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About 300 patients including children visited the camp which
was organised at Mujpather Budgam primary school.
We were 5 team members who went for the camp.
Medicines were distributed among the patients. Those who were disabled were assisted and were advised for
physiotherapy.
Those patients who were having LBA or cervical related
problems they were given ergonomic advices and home exercise
programming. 10 teeth extractions were performed and others were
made aware about the oral hygiene. Due to lack of oral rehabilitation items we were not able
to continue for the maximum. Some of the patients suffering from tooth
ache and dental problems they were given medicines and some of the
elder patients were given tooth brushes and pastes.
Some of the disabled cases seen were: polio,
delayed mile stone, Cerebral palsy,
hydrocephalis, post polio syndrome, hemiplegia,
ventricular septal defect, myasthenia gravis. We
did distribute among the children the following items:
pencils, erasers, sharpeners, drawing books,
sketch colour pens, tooth pastes and tooth brushes.
So it was a day full of work and we indeed enjoyed the snow that was
still present there. For
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With best regards,
Dr.Mohammad Waris,
Project Manager DaD
Disabled & Disadvantaged
196 Buchwara,Dalgate,Srinagar,
Kashmir, India 190001
dadkashmir@gmail.com -
www.mend.org.nz
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