Members of the Karnataka State Spinal Cord Disabled Association submitted a memorandum to the government through the district administration seeking special benefits from the government.
One of the members Nimish Acharya (40) has been paralyzed waist-down for 14 years after falling from the wall in his workshop.
“Since my accident, I had become dependent on my family because my spinal cord was severely damaged”, said Mr. Acharya.
Mr. Acharya who had come on wheelchair with assistance by his younger brother, was one among several people who had come to the district administration seeking benefits from the government.
“On the one hand, we have to lead a life that is fully dependent, on the other, the expenditure on our continuous treatments are heavy. Thus, we are seeking benefits from the government to ease our lives”, Mr. Acharya said.
Sriram Naik (42), who has been paralyzed for nearly two decades, said that they constituted an association of people who have became paralyzed and disabled due to spinal cord injury for various reasons.
Mr. Naik said that following the incidents, the life of the injured person is psychologically and financially tough to lead.
He informed that while the district has around 120 spinal cord disabled people, the State has over 3,500 such people.
The members have put forward ten demands before the government including free supply of water, bed for preventing bedsores and catheter, reserve at least fivebed in each district government hospital for spinal cord disabled people and supply free aids and equipments to such people under National Rural Health Mission.
