San Diego physician, company work together to donate prosthetic limbs to Ukrainian amputees

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We were able to provide care for men who had gone to protect their country. When I returned, I felt a compelling need to do more.'

SAN DIEGO – It’s been nearly 10 weeks since Dr. Manoj Monga, Professor & Chair of Urology at UCSD, returned from his most recent venture to Eastern Europe.

While Monga was in country, he cared for those who had lost limbs in the war. Monga says he looked into ways to figure how he could help those he cared for in country. Joshua Pelz is one of the cofounders of LIMBER Prosthetics & Orthotics. He said their company worked with and trained Monga to gather the data in order be able to create and then donate prosthetic limbs to the Ukrainian amputees through a fund at UCSD.

 

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