Bethesda, Md. – Hanger Orthopedic Group recently launched a nationwide prosthetic limb drive in partnership with Physicians for Peace and Heather Mills. The effort was developed to help the multitude of those suffering from amputations and other physical disabilities in Haiti.
Donated prosthetic limbs will be collected at any of Hanger’s 670+ patient care centers and will then be shipped directly to Physicians for Peace. Through Physicians for Peace’s partner network of Healing Hands for Haiti and St. Vincent’s School for Handicapped Children in the capital city of Port au Prince, prosthetic donations will be used to help new amputees in Haiti. With support from Hanger Orthopedic Group, the internationally recognized non-profit Physicians for Peace has been providing amputee rehabilitation services in Haiti since 2005.
Heather Mills, a below-the-knee amputee, is an activist charity campaigner and United Nations Association Goodwill Ambassador. Mills has participated in similar efforts to provide funding and prosthetic limbs to amputees in other countries such as India, Vietnam, Croatia, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia.
People looking to donate wheelchairs, crutches, braces, etc., can contact Physicians for Peace directly at 757-625-7569. For more information, visit www.physiciansforpeace.org.
In addition to the nationwide limb drive, last week Hanger Orthopedic Group and its philanthropic organization The Hanger Ivan R. Sabel Foundation announced it will provide $250,000 in funding and orthopedic devices to assist with the medical needs of those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
About Physicians for Peace:
Physicians for Peace is an international private voluntary organization that mobilizes healthcare educators to assist developing nations with unmet medical needs and scarce resources. Through effective, hands-on medical education and training, clinical care and donated medical supplies, Physicians for Peace creates long-term, sustainable, replicable, and evidence-based projects to help partner nations build medical capability and capacity to help themselves. Volunteers for the 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization have conducted medical missions in more than 50 countries. With its headquarters in Norfolk, Va., Physicians for Peace has programs in 22 countries and offices in Manila, the Philippines; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Asmara, Eritrea. For more information on Physicians for Peace, click here.
About Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.:
Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. (NYSE: HGR), headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services. Hanger is the market leader in the United States, owning and operating 669 patient care centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia, with over 3,700 employees including 1,095 practitioners (as of September 30, 2009). Hanger is organized into four units. The two key operating units are patient care, which consists of nationwide orthotic and prosthetic practice centers, and distribution, which consists of distribution centers managing the supply chain of orthotic and prosthetic componentry to Hanger and third party patient care centers. The third is Linkia, which is the first and only provider network management company for the orthotics and prosthetics industry. The fourth unit, Innovative Neurotronics, introduces emerging neuromuscular technologies developed through independent research in a collaborative effort with industry suppliers worldwide. For more information on Innovative Neurotronics, Inc. or the WalkAide(R), visit www.ininc.us. For more information on Hanger, visit http://www.hanger.com.
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Jennifer Bittner, Hanger Orthopedic Group
904-249-4210, jbittner@hanger.com
Krisita Burket, Hanger Orthopedic Group
904-249-0314, kburket@hanger.com
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