Spinal cord injury (SCI) condition involves damage to any part of the spinal cord that sends and receives signals between the brain and the rest of the body. It often causes permanent changes in feeling, strength and other body functions below the injury site. Besides restricting patients’ mobility and movement, it can affect their mental, social, marital, financial and employment aspects.
Challenges in Treatment: With no cure known for SCI, treatments are available to manage symptoms and promote recovery. What makes treating SCI difficult and challenging is specialized and continuous care requirement which is time and money intensive. Besides causing paraplegia or quadriplegia, SCI can cause bedsores in patients which may be fatal without timely treatment. Lack of insurance for long-term care of SCI patients, minimal government assistance and continuous financial burden adds to the challenge.
Relief provided by SHSG: SHSG provides holistic care to patients to help them lead healthy, happy, independent and valuable lives. This includes free accommodation and free treatment for their bedsores and injuries, psychological support and motivation, self-care, independence, employment and wheelchair training and provisioning.
Vision: Presently serving SCI patients at its center at Madanheri, Kharar, SHSG’s vision is to construct a mini hospital for them in the future. So it can care for even more patients. Only with your active support, we can achieve this.