Free prosthetic arms, legs, and calipers camp for the disabled by Suryadatta Group of Institutions

Pune: On the occasion of the 61st birthday of Prof. Dr. Sanjay B. Chordia, the Founder and President of Suryadatta Group of Institutes, free prosthetic arms, legs, and calipers to be distributed to the disabled. Suryadatta has organized a one-day camp to take measurements of the limbs. The artificial limbs will be handed over to the needy disabled at the hands of Dr. Vinod Shah of the Janseva Foundation

The camp was organized on behalf of the Suryadatta Group of Institutes, Suryadatta Institute of Health Sciences, College of Physiotherapy, Suryadatta Institute of Disability Rehabilitation and Research, Suryadatta Education Foundation, and in collaboration with Disability Rehabilitation Center, Bharat Vikas Parishad. More than 65 people registered for the camp and 32 eligible persons were measured.

During the camp, Prof. Dr. Sanjay B. Chordia, Snehal Navlakha, Associate Vice President of the Suryadatta, Amit Todkar, President of Seva Sarathi Foundation, Jayant Jesthe of Bharat Vikas Parishad, Vasudev Kalra, Vijay Gore, Prashant Satpute, Aniruddha Patankar, Divyang Snehi Balaji Bhore, and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

The principal of the College of Physiotherapy, Dr. Simi Rethrekar, Dr. Kanchan Gode, Dr. Kalyani Shivarkar, and Dr. Neha Bhosale coordinated the camp. Director Prashant Pitalia, Batu Patil, Raosaheb Sancheti along with teachers and non-teaching staff contributed to the success of the camp.

The needy had registered for the camp from different parts of Maharashtra. Arrangements were made to transport the needy from Pune Station, Swargate, Katraj, Yerawada, Pimpri Chinchwad, Warje, Pashan, and Sinhagad Road in Pune city. The first-year students of the College of Physiotherapy organized a successful event with spontaneous participation. Also learned more by interacting with each need.

In the camp, along with the needy, Prof. Dr. Sanjay B. Chordia celebrated his birthday by cutting a cake. “Recently we have celebrated Doctor’s Day. The one who is compared to the real God is the doctor. The doctor who comes out of ‘Suryadatta’ will be a symbol of humanity. It will be a symbol of humility, compassion, efficiency.” said Prof Dr. Chordia. He said that the camp was organized to make these students experience the patient-doctor relationship as well as to serve the needy.