(a) whether the Government have set up an Indian Spinal Injury Centre at New Delhi;
(b) if so, the broad services rendered by this center during the last one year and the
future plans of this centre;
(c) whether the Government propose to set-up such apex `Spinal Injury Centres` in
all the State Capitals of the country;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DR. SATYANARAYAN JATIYA)
(a) to (e) India Spinal Injury Centre at New Delhi, run by an NGO, has been set up with
assistance provided under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the
Government of India and the Government of Italy in 1991, to promote
comprehensive management of the spinal injured and rehabilitation of locomotor
disabled. Assistance in the form of equipment and technical expertise has been
made available under Indo-Italian cooperation. Government of India has provided
support for capital expenditure besides continuing support for sponsoring thirty
free beds for poor and indigent patients. The services provided by ISIC include
medical & surgical interventions as well as physical, psychosocial, and vocational
rehabilitation services with plans for strengthening such services in future. ISIC is
also expected to provide the required technical support for setting up the Regional
Rehabilitation Centres (RRCs) for Persons with Spinal Injuries and other
Orthopedic Disabilities being established under a centrally sponsored scheme at
different places. Presently four RRCs are being set up at Barielly (UP) Jabalpur
(MP), Cuttack (Orissa) and Mohali (Punjab).