Volume : 3, Issue : 5, MAY 2017

DISABILITY DATA –AN EXPERIENCE IN NINE MUNICIPAL WARDS IN KOLKATA

Dr. Durga Prasad Chakraborty, Dr. Sourav Iswarari, MD (PM&R)

Abstract

The present study is about the disability status of a population of over 3 lakh in 9 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The data collected from 4 camps from 2010 to 2012 showed presence of about 0.1% disabled persons. Locomotor cause is commonest (nearly 50%) & mental cause comes next. In the locomotor group postpolioparalysis and cerebral palsy and stroke are important causes. A substantial number of disabilities in the productive years of life and a large number of preventable cause emphasises the importance of preventive and rehabilitative strategies at the community level.

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