Reference :
V-P-IQ-E-01358
Date :
05/02/2014
Caption :
Najaf, ICRC physical rehabilitation center. Two patients are waiting for their assessments.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
The small boy is waiting with his father. He lost his legs on 1 January 2006 in Simawa, Muthana Province.
The patient on the right lost his right leg when he was hit by a mortar shell during the Iran-Iraq war in December 1980.
From the ICRC website:
In 2013, the ICRC provided nearly 33,000 patients with physical rehabilitation materials and services in ten ICRC-supported and one ICRC-operated physical rehabilitation centres in Iraq. These centres continue to be supported with training and raw materials to manufacture equipment such as prostheses, crutches and wheelchairs.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
5616x3744
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
