Govt support to help tribeswoman get back on her own feet

Thiruvananthapuram | Saturday | 15th December, 2018

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He said Yashoda needed an imported artificial leg which would help her to do household activities. She was taken to the Medical College Hospital where she had to spend one-and-a-half months and the injured leg had to be amputated below the knee. But the artificial limb fitting centre attached to the Medical College did not have required type,” said Dr PS Suresh Kumar, HOD of physical medicine and rehabilitation department. Thiruvananthapuram: A cracker had ripped apart her life two years ago and now 46-year-old Yashoda from Parandode in Tholikkode panchayat is nurturing hopes of standing on her feet again. Though the panchayat gave me a bunk shop, I don’t even have the money to buy the provisions..