Chandigarh, 12th July, 2016: The
Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration is taking an initiative
to provide Aids & Appliances to Specially Abled Persons who have been
living in Chandigarh from last three years and having disability of 40% and
above. All Specially Abled Persons having the family income of Rs. 1.5 lacs per
annum and those who are in need of any kind of artificial limbs, crutches, CP
chair, wheel chair, two wheeler with side support, three wheeler etc. as
recommended by the doctor can visit the dept and apply for the same at the
earliest.
The
Department is more concerned towards those specially abled persons whose
disability has not been assessed so far and the Department is providing
logistics to and fro from their door step to the hospitals to get their
disability assessment done. All Mentally Retarded persons and those having
learning disability will be assessed by the doctors at RIMH sector 31 and rest
of the persons who are orthopedically handicapped, visual & hearing
impaired will be assessed by doctors of GMCH 32 & GMSH 16.
It
has been endeavor of the Department to complete assessment of all the PWDs who
have not been assessed so far and link them with various schemes of the Social
Welfare Department by the end of 2016.
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