Barr Foundation Requires qualified prosthetist in Sri Lanka located off the coast of India
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Barr Foundation Requires qualified prosthetist in Sri Lanka located off the coast of India
Date:
10/6/2003
Text:
Good morning.
If anyone has a qualified prosthetists contact in Sri Lanka off the coast of
India, please reply to <Email Address Redacted>
Thank you,
Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
561-394-6514
-----Original Message-----
From: Hazel and Graham Gallagher [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:55 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Re: Help Please
Dear Mr Barr,
Thank you for your encouraging response to our appeal. Sri Lanka is located
off the southern coast of India. NGO = Registered Charity. Through a local
Charity I think we can fulfill your criteria. Having had terrorist action
here for over twenty years the country is no stranger to prosthesis,
unfortunately these are reserved for ex-servicemen. I will make some
telephone calls and find out the answers to all your queries and get back to
you.
Thank you for your welcome attention.
Regards Hazel Gallagher
----- Original Message -----
From: <Email Address Redacted>
To: <Email Address Redacted> ; Hazel and Graham Gallagher
Cc: Kathy Hogan UASA/Barr Administrator
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:24 AM
Subject: RE: Help Please
Thank you for your inquiry however you most locate a qualified prosthetist
there to sponsor this young woman.
Only a qualified prosthetist can request a application be faxed or
mailed to him ,[ <Email Address Redacted> ] .
Please have him request the application by calling the below telephone
number or e-mail to Kathy Hogan above.
The other obstacle if donated component are utilized, is to assure safe
delivery of any components to Sri Lanka that could be used.
Anthony T. Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
The Barr/United Amputee Assistance Fund was established by UASA in 1995
through grants from the Barr Foundation. The mission of the fund is to
provide assistance to amputees that cannot afford limbs and to promote
quality prosthetic care for all amputees. This is accomplished directly by
providing reimbursement for materials and maintenance costs to prosthetist
that provide limbs to amputees who have no other source of funding. This
program is a cooperative effort between the Fund and the amputee's
prosthetist to improve the quality of life of the amputee.
In order for the amputee to receive an application, they must contact a
board certified , state licensed or otherwise qualified prosthetist that is
willing to sponsor them. The prosthetist must request the application
directly from us.
It is suggested that the amputee be evaluated by the prosthetist that may
be sponsoring him/her, prior to them requesting an application in the
amputee's name. Please provide the prosthetist with the amputee's name,
address, date and level of amputation and telephone number.
At this time bilateral amputees are not being processed for funding unless
another source of funding from an individual(s) or organization(s) is
participating to share equally in the reimbursement level as outlined in the
application.
The application must be completed within 30 days and returned to us with a
$25.00 nonrefundable application fee. We will then have 4-6 weeks to process
the application and the prosthetist will be notified as to approval or
denial.
We will request that proof of denial of any other funding resources be
provided at the time the application is submitted.
Thank you for your interest, if there is anything else we can do, please
e-mail or give us a call at 407-359-5500.
Sincerely,
Kathy Hogan
Barr/United Amputee Assistance Fund
-----Original Message-----
From: Hazel and Graham Gallagher [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:23 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Help Please
Dear Sirs,
We are two British Ex-pats who live in a small village in Sri Lanka. In
our village there is a young lady who, due to cancer, has had her left leg
amputated above the knee, she is 26 years old, bright and lively.
Unfortunately owing to many factors, where she lives, that she is not a man
etc. she cannot qualify to get a prosthesis from government sources here.
Consequently she only has crutches, and those are the type that rest under
her arms, this is naturally taking its toll upon her upper spine and
shoulders, as it is difficult for her to exercise she gains weight. Please
can you help her, we can recommend NGO’s here that a prosthesis donation can
be directed to, she requires a leg that has an adjustable top fitting and is
lightweight. We realise that you get many request of this nature but please
help us to help this young lady to get a future, she really does deserve it.
Regards Hazel and Graham Gallagher, Mihiripenne, Talpe, Galle, Sri
Lanka. Tel. 94 9 2282356
If anyone has a qualified prosthetists contact in Sri Lanka off the coast of
India, please reply to <Email Address Redacted>
Thank you,
Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
561-394-6514
-----Original Message-----
From: Hazel and Graham Gallagher [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:55 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Re: Help Please
Dear Mr Barr,
Thank you for your encouraging response to our appeal. Sri Lanka is located
off the southern coast of India. NGO = Registered Charity. Through a local
Charity I think we can fulfill your criteria. Having had terrorist action
here for over twenty years the country is no stranger to prosthesis,
unfortunately these are reserved for ex-servicemen. I will make some
telephone calls and find out the answers to all your queries and get back to
you.
Thank you for your welcome attention.
Regards Hazel Gallagher
----- Original Message -----
From: <Email Address Redacted>
To: <Email Address Redacted> ; Hazel and Graham Gallagher
Cc: Kathy Hogan UASA/Barr Administrator
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 7:24 AM
Subject: RE: Help Please
Thank you for your inquiry however you most locate a qualified prosthetist
there to sponsor this young woman.
Only a qualified prosthetist can request a application be faxed or
mailed to him ,[ <Email Address Redacted> ] .
Please have him request the application by calling the below telephone
number or e-mail to Kathy Hogan above.
The other obstacle if donated component are utilized, is to assure safe
delivery of any components to Sri Lanka that could be used.
Anthony T. Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
The Barr/United Amputee Assistance Fund was established by UASA in 1995
through grants from the Barr Foundation. The mission of the fund is to
provide assistance to amputees that cannot afford limbs and to promote
quality prosthetic care for all amputees. This is accomplished directly by
providing reimbursement for materials and maintenance costs to prosthetist
that provide limbs to amputees who have no other source of funding. This
program is a cooperative effort between the Fund and the amputee's
prosthetist to improve the quality of life of the amputee.
In order for the amputee to receive an application, they must contact a
board certified , state licensed or otherwise qualified prosthetist that is
willing to sponsor them. The prosthetist must request the application
directly from us.
It is suggested that the amputee be evaluated by the prosthetist that may
be sponsoring him/her, prior to them requesting an application in the
amputee's name. Please provide the prosthetist with the amputee's name,
address, date and level of amputation and telephone number.
At this time bilateral amputees are not being processed for funding unless
another source of funding from an individual(s) or organization(s) is
participating to share equally in the reimbursement level as outlined in the
application.
The application must be completed within 30 days and returned to us with a
$25.00 nonrefundable application fee. We will then have 4-6 weeks to process
the application and the prosthetist will be notified as to approval or
denial.
We will request that proof of denial of any other funding resources be
provided at the time the application is submitted.
Thank you for your interest, if there is anything else we can do, please
e-mail or give us a call at 407-359-5500.
Sincerely,
Kathy Hogan
Barr/United Amputee Assistance Fund
-----Original Message-----
From: Hazel and Graham Gallagher [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>]
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:23 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: Help Please
Dear Sirs,
We are two British Ex-pats who live in a small village in Sri Lanka. In
our village there is a young lady who, due to cancer, has had her left leg
amputated above the knee, she is 26 years old, bright and lively.
Unfortunately owing to many factors, where she lives, that she is not a man
etc. she cannot qualify to get a prosthesis from government sources here.
Consequently she only has crutches, and those are the type that rest under
her arms, this is naturally taking its toll upon her upper spine and
shoulders, as it is difficult for her to exercise she gains weight. Please
can you help her, we can recommend NGO’s here that a prosthesis donation can
be directed to, she requires a leg that has an adjustable top fitting and is
lightweight. We realise that you get many request of this nature but please
help us to help this young lady to get a future, she really does deserve it.
Regards Hazel and Graham Gallagher, Mihiripenne, Talpe, Galle, Sri
Lanka. Tel. 94 9 2282356
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