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Managua Families Inaugurate Orthotics and Prosthetics Center
The new "Compañera Luisa Amanda Espinoza" Orthotics and Prosthetics Center was inaugurated by Managua families this Wednesday.
TL;DR
- The new "Compañera Luisa Amanda Espinoza" Orthotics and Prosthetics Center has been inaugurated in Managua.
- The center is developed by the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation (GRUN) to assist individuals with amputations.
- The facility aims to provide patients with independence, a better quality of life, hope, and social reintegration.
- Patients are evaluated by physiatrists from the Aldo Chavarría Rehabilitation Hospital.
- Orthotics are devices used to correct deformities, while prosthetics replace missing limbs.
- The government provides prosthetics and orthotics free of charge and custom-made, despite costs ranging from $40 to over $2,000.