Artificial Limbs Sent To Syria
Vice President Of India, Jagdeep Dhankar, flags off Jaipur Foot team to Syria to provide artificial limbs to amputees.
VP praised the efforts saying Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti’s “BMVSS” Service to mankind shows the caring and sharing attitude of Indian civilization.
Nothing is more religious than serving the people in need’: Vice President
India’s Vice President flagged off a team of eight persons to set up an on-the-spot artificial limb (Jaipur Foot) fitment camp. The team will be setting up a camp in Damascus, Syria to provide 600 artificial limbs to amputees, in 42 ensuing days.
Hon’ble Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar flagging off Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti’s Jaipur Foot team to Syria from Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas today.
The eight-member team will set up an on-the-spot artificial limb fitment camp in Damascus, Syria. @jaipurfoot2 pic.twitter.com/laBaRYXXQ7
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) September 28, 2022
Shri Dhankhar visited the BMVSS team working in Syria and met some of its beneficiaries using the Jaipur foot. He also interacted with the team led by its founder, Shri D.R. Mehta and other members of the team.
It is noteworthy that in 2017, PM Narendra Modi visited a BMVSS facility in the Philippines, and in 2019, M. Venkaiah Naidu, former vice president, opened a BMVSS fitting camp in Hanoi, Vietnam.
