The ICRC, according to the official, has seven orthopedic centers in Afghanistan to assist the war victims in the conflict-ridden country.
Most of the employees in the center, themselves war victims and those with disabilities, provide services and medical treatment for people with similar injuries.
The brutal war in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province and adjoining provinces of Kandahar, Zabul and Uruzgan provinces, besides claiming the lives of people, also rendered many people, including children, disabled almost every day.
Hence, many war victims from Helmand and adjoining areas seek out the ICRC orthopedic center in Lashkar Gah in the hope of receiving medical treatment, including prosthetic limbs.
Ihsanullah, a five-year-old boy, is waiting for his wounds to heal at the center in Lashkar Gah.
The sweet young child who lost both of his legs in a mine blast does not recall the tragic event and often says to his mother innocently, "I want my legs back, please ask the doctors to help me get them back."
According to the doctors at the center, any injured person who needs an artificial body part has to wait three months on average until his or her wounds have healed before they can receive a prosthetic limb.
Then, through rehabilitation, they learn how to use the prosthetic limb in their long journey back towards leading a normal life again. Enditem
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