02:14Iraq: New limbs and new lives at Sulaymaniyah's Rehabilitation Centre
Land mine victims from across Iraq have been given another lease of life at Sulaymaniyah's Teresa Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Centre. Footage shot in the centre on Monday showed the staff at work making and fitting prosthetic limbs as well as patients learning vocational skills to take forward.
The centre has fitted over 9,000 prosthetic limbs and administered over 40,000 physical therapies since it was founded in 1998. Patients are also trained in skills such as mechanics and sewing that they can use to set up their own businesses.
“We provide machines, tools, equipment,” explained rehabilitation centre manager Paris Hama Abdullah, who described completing a course at the centre as just the “middle of the way.” Over 300 cooperatives have been started by former patients of the clinic with the centre's support.
North-eastern Iraq remains riddled with landmines as a result of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war and resulting injuries are common. The centre's support is free for patients and run by the Italian NGO Emergency.
02:14Land mine victims from across Iraq have been given another lease of life at Sulaymaniyah's Teresa Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration Centre. Footage shot in the centre on Monday showed the staff at work making and fitting prosthetic limbs as well as patients learning vocational skills to take forward.
The centre has fitted over 9,000 prosthetic limbs and administered over 40,000 physical therapies since it was founded in 1998. Patients are also trained in skills such as mechanics and sewing that they can use to set up their own businesses.
“We provide machines, tools, equipment,” explained rehabilitation centre manager Paris Hama Abdullah, who described completing a course at the centre as just the “middle of the way.” Over 300 cooperatives have been started by former patients of the clinic with the centre's support.
North-eastern Iraq remains riddled with landmines as a result of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war and resulting injuries are common. The centre's support is free for patients and run by the Italian NGO Emergency.