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- The AP Red Cross Society, with Rotary International and the Tangience Foundation, USA, held a prosthetic hand-fitting camp in Guntur on Sunday, providing imported LN4 prosthetic hands to about 200 beneficiaries.
- The recipients were screened from 255 eligible applicants identified through outreach in Guntur, Krishna, Prakasam and West Godavari districts who had lost hands or forearms in accidents or due to congenital conditions.
- Beneficiaries are also receiving training on using and maintaining the devices.
- Organisers plan to hold similar camps across all Andhra Pradesh districts by year-end to reach every eligible person.
What to watch next
- Details of the planned district-wide camps and their rollout schedule by year-end
- How many of the remaining eligible beneficiaries are covered in future camps
- Follow-up on beneficiaries' training and adaptation to the prosthetic devices
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Named India · Andhra Pradesh · Guntur · Krishna · LN4 prosthetic hands · Prakasam · West Godavari · A.K. Parida · AP Red Cross Society · P. Ramachandra Raju · Rotary International · Tangience Foundation, USA · Uday Sudhir Pilani
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