jaipur a oneofits own kind wheelchair clinic in the northern region of india has come up in governmentrun jaipuria hospital and the fully equipped model wheelchair clinic has been developed as per world health organisation who guidelines the hospital claimedin the next 3 years the project aspires to provide wheelchairs conforming with who guidelines to six hundred children and adults with disabilities the initiative ensures that people dont just get any wheelchair rather they get the right wheelchair in the right way essential for health and mobility the hospital claimedin the next 3 years we will focus on building the capacity and capability of the government rehabilitation professionals and create a sustainable system eventually we want to create a model clinic for mobility impaired catering to all forms of mobility impairment with the objective to provide longterm solution in rajasthan and beyond said dr ashok gupta superintendent jaipuria hospitalthe expert says that according to census 2011 in the state there are an estimated 1563694 persons with disabilities out of which 241049 are persons with mobility disability the total number of people with mobility disability in jaipur urban are 6968 and in jaipur rural are 10957 at least 3600 people20 of the mobility disability population are estimated to require a wheelchair in jaipur without the right wheelchair persons with mobility disabilities are left isolated socially and economically with little or no access to healthcare education employment and unable to participate in social and family lifethe project named project jcf viraj has been launched at jaipuria hospital in collaboration with jaipur citizen forum jcf and motivation india which says that not having a suitable mobility device significantly lowers the independence of persons with mobility impairments to undertake activities even at home covid19has further isolated this population as they are more vulnerable due to lower immunity caused by their disabilityin most developing countries including india wheelchairs are usually mass distributed without any proper assessment of the users needs and living conditions as a consequence most of the wheelchairs are inappropriate and unusabledirectorate of speciallyabled person of the state will extend all cooperation towards this project said gajanand sharma commissioner and special secretarydirectorate of speciallyabled personrajiv arora chairperson jaipur citizen forum said the unique initiative will not only benefit the citizens of jaipur but will be an example for other states as wellour primary aim is to establish a wheelchair service network in india that is in line with the who guideline on wheelchair services said biju mathew regional director motivation india