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Hospital provides US veterans with prosthetics
Military veterans from the US have been provided with prosthetic limbs as part of a programme to help injured personnel stay active and healthy after their service is finished. Organised by the Veterans Administration Hospital, with help from New York City’s Fencing Club, and other institutions, the programme also aims to help injured soldiers improve their mobility.
The microprocessor of a high-tech artificial leg is charged for a U.S. military amputee at the Veterans Administration (VA), hospital on January 29, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City. The Prosthetics Center at the hospital constructs more artificial limbs then any VA hospital in the United States, both for veterans suffering combat injuries and veterans who have lost limbs following their service in the military. (Getty Images)
Prosthetist Edward Sliwinski constructs a custom leg socket for a U.S. military veteran amputee at the Veterans Administration (VA), hospital on January 29, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City. The Prosthetics Center at the hospital constructs more artificial limbs then any VA hospital in the United States, both for veterans suffering combat injuries and veterans who have lost limbs following their service in the military. (Getty Images)
U.S. Military veteran and amputee Lloyd Epps has reflective devices placed on his body by Jason Maikos, director of the gait and motion analysis lab at the Veterans Administration (VA), hospital on January 29, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City. Epps, who lost his leg to an infection in 2010, wears a high-tech custom prosthetic leg from the VA which actually powers his gait forward. At the gait and motion lab patients are fitted with reflectors which are filmed by multiple cameras and later analyzed to help them improve mobility after losing limbs. (Getty Images)
U.S. Military veteran and amputee Lloyd Epps swings a driver while at the gait and motion analysis lab at the Veterans Administration (VA), hospital on January 29, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City. Epps, who lost his leg to an infection in 2010, wears a high-tech custom prosthetic from the VA which powers his gait forward. At the gait and motion lab patients are fitted with reflectors which are filmed by multiple cameras and analyzed to help them improve mobility after losing limbs. (Getty Images)
U.S. military veterans fence as part of the Veterans On Guard Fencing program on January 29, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City. The program, held at New York City’s Fencing Club and helped sponsored by the Veterans Administration (VA), began this year with a group of 10 veterans, who learn the sport from professionals. The VA promotes adaptive sports programs, free for military veterans, as a way to keep vets active and healthy after their military service is done. (Getty Images)
