Prosthetic hand presented
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 14 2022:
In accordance with the MoU signed with Tezpur University, Assam in December 2021, Relief Centre for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Manipur detected seven people during a trial for prosthetic hands conducted in December 2021 and one amongst them has been provided prosthetic hand after the second-round clinical trial on Thursday.
The second-round trial was held at Hotel Yaiphaba, MG Avenue during which the prosthetic hand was presented to Md Abdul Wahid.
The handing over of prosthetic hand was attended by Centre's Manipur media advisor Nimol Ningombam and programme coordinator Kh Premita.
Research scholar Amlan Jyoti Kaliya of Tezpur University also attended the event.
The clinical trial was conducted under the aegis of Academic Study/Clinical Trial of EMG Controlled, Prosthetic Hand (Enrich) Embedded Systems and Robotics Laboratory, Tezpur University, and Innovation Hub Foundation for Cobotics, Technology Innovation Hub, IIT Delhi.