Prosthetics get new lease on life

Silicone gives off realistic appearance

The Sirindhorn National Medical Rehabilitation Institute (SNMRI) aims to achieve organisational excellence at its silicone clinic in evaluating and fabricating silicone prosthetics to improve the lives of those who experience post-traumatic amputation.

The SNMRI knows that patients who lose all or part of an organ as a result of an accident can have problems returning to work and society.

So, the institute focuses on a holistic approach to healing the patients by producing silicone prosthetics that have more realistic appearances and can perform similar functions to lost limbs.

Dr Pairoj Surattanawanich, deputy director-general of the Department of Medical Services, said the idea for designing technology and prosthetics to assist people with disability has developed rapidly.

The SNMRI attaches…