Editorial
Amputees on their feet
Mission should go forward
BECAUSE of a collaboration between a 63 member Thai team from the Prostheses Foundation of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother and the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor) a 100 handicapped Bangladeshis can walk again. The collaboration was proposed by the Thai government while the Bangladesh Prime Minister visited in May.
We would like to praise this collaboration which promises so many Rana Plaza victims to get back on their feet. This compassionate and humanitarian gesture by the Thais is endearing as well as hearty appreciation. On behalf of the beneficiaries and their dependents we express our gratitude to the Thai team. It means a lot to 100 people who are getting back their life and livelihoods through this process and perhaps this can be replicated through other collaborations in the near future. We understand that another team from India is expected to get into the act of making the amputees functional.
Small steps have always helped the bigger picture in the long run. We hope that the new steps will inspire many others to come forward and take such steps within our country and from the outside.
How much of a hand-holding and throwing of a lifeline this has been and promises to be will unfold in the near future. Meanwhile, the collaborative efforts should go forward unhindered by any unforeseen impediments.
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