The steady balance afforded by two legs was no more and focus now turned on getting a prosthetic leg. After three weeks of admission, she was fitted with a prosthetic leg. “When I was called to the orthopaedic workshop and found my prosthetic leg ready, I became emotional. Cure Centre has given me new hope in life; I will be able to at least herd my cows,” he says. Nominated MP Joseph Sankok, who has a prosthetic leg, wants the government to zero-rate the tax on raw materials used to make the artificial limbs so as to lower the cost per unit.

Source: Standard Digital October 01, 2020 06:00 UTC