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Khartoum Cheshire Home
By 1992, there were 270 homes in 49 countries founded by Leonard Cheshire (1917–1992) International.[1] These homes provide different rehabilitation services to disabled children free of charge. There are currently two Cheshire Services in Sudan providing both residential care and outreach/community based rehabilitation programmes. These services cover needy areas and displacement camps and offer physiotherapy, orthopaedic workshops, surgery, and educational and creative activities such as handicrafts.
The services work in conjunction with a number of partners including the Christoffel Blinden Mission, the Broader Horizon Institute in Atbara, Sudan north and western Sudan Union of the Disabled.
Khartoum Cheshire Home (KCH) was established in 1973 as local voluntary organization. This rehabilitation centre assesses children with mobility impairments, refers, gives pre- and postoperative care and treatment, and provides physiotherapy services and mobility devices to children with physical - mobility impairment. The centre has 34 beds for post-operative care. The admitted children get education during their stay in the rehabilitation centre to prepare them to join schools once they are discharged.
Those who helped in the foundation of the KCH include Mr. Adam Fadalla, Mr. Abdel Rahim Mohamed Ahmed, and Dr. Ahmed Abdel Mageed.
KCH is managed by and Executive Committee of 12 to 15 members, and traditionally headed by the British Ambassador in Sudan. The Department of Orthopaedic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum covers all clinical activities of KCH. Around 1500 children are seen in KCH, 330 children are operated on every year, and an additional 3000 children are given mobilization aid. The departments of KCH are:
- Physiotherapy including hydrotherapy.
- Orthopaedic workshop unit for orthotics production.
- Surgery.
- Outreach unit and community based rehabilitation.
[1] This section is a reconstruction of information obtained from different sources. Professor Samir Shahin contributed substantially to this section.
Khartoum Cheshire Home
By 1992, there were 270 homes in 49 countries founded by Leonard Cheshire (1917–1992) International.[1] These homes provide different rehabilitation services to disabled children free of charge. There are currently two Cheshire Services in Sudan providing both residential care and outreach/community based rehabilitation programmes. These services cover needy areas and displacement camps and offer physiotherapy, orthopaedic workshops, surgery, and educational and creative activities such as handicrafts.
By 1992, there were 270 homes in 49 countries founded by Leonard Cheshire (1917–1992) International.[1] These homes provide different rehabilitation services to disabled children free of charge. There are currently two Cheshire Services in Sudan providing both residential care and outreach/community based rehabilitation programmes. These services cover needy areas and displacement camps and offer physiotherapy, orthopaedic workshops, surgery, and educational and creative activities such as handicrafts.
The services work in conjunction with a number of partners including the Christoffel Blinden Mission, the Broader Horizon Institute in Atbara, Sudan north and western Sudan Union of the Disabled.
Khartoum Cheshire Home (KCH) was established in 1973 as local voluntary organization. This rehabilitation centre assesses children with mobility impairments, refers, gives pre- and postoperative care and treatment, and provides physiotherapy services and mobility devices to children with physical - mobility impairment. The centre has 34 beds for post-operative care. The admitted children get education during their stay in the rehabilitation centre to prepare them to join schools once they are discharged.
Those who helped in the foundation of the KCH include Mr. Adam Fadalla, Mr. Abdel Rahim Mohamed Ahmed, and Dr. Ahmed Abdel Mageed.
KCH is managed by and Executive Committee of 12 to 15 members, and traditionally headed by the British Ambassador in Sudan. The Department of Orthopaedic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum covers all clinical activities of KCH. Around 1500 children are seen in KCH, 330 children are operated on every year, and an additional 3000 children are given mobilization aid. The departments of KCH are:
- Physiotherapy including hydrotherapy.
- Orthopaedic workshop unit for orthotics production.
- Surgery.
- Outreach unit and community based rehabilitation.
[1] This section is a reconstruction of information obtained from different sources. Professor Samir Shahin contributed substantially to this section.
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