{"id":1677,"date":"2019-10-29T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2020-07-24T18:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T18:47:28","slug":"welcome-to-the-prosthetics-ward-of-lalgadh-leprosy-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=1677","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the prosthetics ward of Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the prosthetics ward of Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital and Services Centre!<\/p>\n<p>Leprosy does not cause limb loss directly, but due to a lack of sensation in the hands and feet, a leprosy affected person is at much greater risk of injury. Burns, cuts and ulcers may go unnoticed, which can lead to infection and permanent damage. Here at Lalgadh, patients can get prosthetics free of charge. #WelcometoLalgadh<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1678\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-LoRes.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1678\" src=\"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-LoRes.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-LoRes.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-LoRes-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-LoRes-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-LoRes-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prosthetics ward, Lalgadh Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1680\" style=\"width: 1152px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-2-LoRes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1680\" src=\"http:\/\/nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-2-LoRes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-2-LoRes.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-2-LoRes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-2-LoRes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prosthetics-ward-2-LoRes-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prosthetics ward at Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital.\u00a0 \u00a0Above photos<span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: #2b2b2b;\">: R. Thomas\u00a0 \u00a9 NLT Ireland 2019.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the prosthetics ward of Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital and Services Centre! Leprosy does not cause limb loss directly, but due to a lack of sensation in the hands and feet, a leprosy affected person is at much greater risk of injury. Burns, cuts and ulcers may go unnoticed, which can lead to infection and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=1677\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome to the prosthetics ward of Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1677"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2070,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677\/revisions\/2070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}