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Chandigarh 12th July:- The Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration is taking an initiative to provide Aids & Appliances to Specially Abled Persons who have been living in Chandigarh from last three years and having disability of 40% and above. All Specially Abled Persons having the family income of Rs. 1.5 lacs per annum and those who are in need of any kind of artificial limbs, crutches, CP chair, wheel chair, two wheeler with side support, three wheeler etc. as recommended by the doctor can visit the dept and apply for the same at the earliest.
The Department is more concerned towards those specially abled persons whose disability has not been assessed so far and the Department is providing logistics to and fro from their door step to the hospitals to get their disability assessment done. All Mentally Retarded persons and those having learning disability will be assessed by the doctors at RIMH sector 31 and rest of the persons who are orthopedically handicapped, visual & hearing impaired will be assessed by doctors of GMCH 32 & GMSH 16.
It has been endeavor of the Department to complete assessment of all the PWDs who have not been assessed so far and link them with various schemes of the Social Welfare Department by the end of 2016.
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