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‘955 free reconstructive surgeries done in nine years’
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Project Director of ‘Hope after Fire’ S. Raja Sabapathy (fourth left) and actor Karthi Sivakumar (sixth left) during the launch of the project’s third phase at Ganga Hospital in the city.
As many as 955 reconstructive surgeries for victims of fire accidents were performed free of cost in the past nine years under the ‘Hope after Fire’ project, said S. Raja Sabapathy, chairman of Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns at Ganga Hospital, during the launch of the third phase of the project here recently.
Coimbatore: City-based Ganga Hospital has received a global grant of Rs 3 crore from two rotary clubs and the Rotary Foundation under the project ‘Hope After Fire’ to continue performing reconstructive surgery for the poor people who have suffered deformities in fire incidents.
Started in 2012, the project has already seen 574 patients undergo reconstructive surgery and receive rehabilitative physiotherapy at a cost of Rs 5.66 crore over the past nine years.
The third phase of the project, which would utilize the recent grant of Rs 3 crore, has been launched by actor Karthik Sivakumar.
The grant has been organized by the Rotary Club of Coimbatore Metropolis, Rotary Club of Oakridge Breakfast and the Rotary Foundation.