A charitable institution in Udaipur has created a record of sorts by conducting corrective surgeries on 61,026 differently-abled persons from India and abroad since 2017, while treating cases of polio, cerebral palsy and other birth disabilities. The institution’s hospital has continued to perform surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Besides Indian patients, those from Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Britain and the U.S. underwent free-of-cost corrective surgeries on the Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS) campus in Udaipur. Over 5,100 patients were operated upon in 2020 during the pandemic, as compared to 16,734 in 2019.
In 2021, only 2,566 patients underwent surgeries because of second wave of the pandemic, when the medical infrastructure was being utilised for saving the lives of patients infected with the virus. The corrective surgeries have enabled the patients, mostly belonging to destitute families, to walk and lead a normal life.
