A brand-new prosthesis leg for this young guy

A brand-new prosthesis leg for this young guy

by | May 13, 2024 | Lower Limbs

There is a heartbreaking story behind this young guy who is walking happily with his first prosthesis. He never expected to ever lose his leg. Before he had his leg amputated, he was an electrician and worked around rural areas. He used to travel with a motorbike to check the lines in the area.

One day, he got a small wound on his shin bone because of the motorcycle gear bar and he thought it would heal by itself within a few days.
Unfortunately, two weeks after he got injured, his wound showed discoloration and swelling. He started to worry, went to see a doctor for the first time and got medication. However, the wound got worse and worse, so he went to the hospital to investigate the cause. After a few tests, they discovered that he had a bone marrow problem which resulted in a bone tumor. He was shocked and depressed about it, this is when he started chemotherapy.

After a couple of months at the hospital, his pain was not gone and even worse. One evening, he fell and broke his leg. They tried to fix it with a steel bar and skin grafting but the bone didn’t set right and he had to undergo below-knee amputation. In the end they had to operate 4 times to get all the tumor and that is why he is now amputated above the knee.

He contacted us before he did the above-knee amputation and asked how he could  take care of his stump before he wore the prosthesis. We contacted the physiotherapist who lives in the same city so that she could teach him pre-fitting exercises. When his stump was ready, we made a prosthesis for him. He used to be the one bringing income to his family but it stopped when he got injured and on top of that he had to spend a lot of money for his medical bills. Therefore, we decided to give him a significant discount. We are happy to help people with low means and who need something to fulfill their life.

A brand new leg

A brand new leg

by | Nov 21, 2023 | Lower Limbs

Let me present this little kid who was abandoned by his parents, has no one to care for him and was involved in a severe railway road accident when he was three years old.

 He was playing around the railway road one evening when he fell asleep using the railway as a pillow and lost both his left leg and right forearm. This accident was a nightmare for him.

When a monk near his town noticed how much he was suffering, he adopted him and let him stay at his monastery, giving him food and clothes and allowing him to study there.

After three years, a man noticed him when he visited the monastery. He felt sorry for him and decided to donate a new leg to this tiny boy. 

He spent a few weeks looking for a place that might be able to provide for his prosthetic leg before meeting with our MMOS staff. It is our pleasure to make it for him.

At first, the little kid felt strange when trying on the prosthesis limb, but after receiving adequate instruction on how to walk with a prosthesis leg from our MMOS team, he was able to walk quite well and play with the other kids.

We are grateful to the monk and donor who assisted him and gave him a second chance at life.

A brand new hand

A brand new hand

by | Aug 14, 2023 | Upper Limbs

It has been almost a year since we opened our prosthetics and orthotics workshop in Myanmar. Although we’re still a pretty new workshop, we are happy that people in Myanmar are starting to know us and that we’re able to provide high technology P&O devices to the Myanmar people without them having to go abroad.

It’s the very first time for Ma Hnin Phyu to be wearing a trans-radial prosthesis (an artificial arm). She was amputated due to a domestic accident 5 years ago. Since then, her life has been tough having lost a hand, having to take care for her two kids and being limited in performing her daily activities. With her husband’s encouragement and support, she never gave up and lived her life as a mother. However, one day her husband found out that she was suffering from social stigma because of her amputated hand. Therefore, he started to collect money and was looking for a place where his wife could have her hand replaced by an artificial one. 

One morning in June 2023, we got a phone call from her husband asking us about a prosthetic hand. We were happy to welcome her and make a cast to create a functional prosthesis for her. First, she felt a bit strange with the prosthesis. Nonetheless, after a few days of practice trying to operate with the new hand, she was able to manage quite well. Even though a prosthesis is still an artificial limb and she can’t do everything she used to do, she can grab things and do all kinds of helpful everyday tasks. For us, the biggest reward was being able to see her smile and go home happily with her family.