Army Chief Impressed with Therapeutic Progress 'Abhimansala 1' War Heroes Have Achieved

The ' Abhimansala 1' at Anuradhapura, the highly desirable and attractive place for permanently-wounded War Heroes, surrounded by rich biodiversity on the banks of ancient Nuwarawewa is in the process of making great strides in its avowed conceptualization as some of the rehabilitated War Heroes are now into organic fertilizer production process, production of eacle brooms and domestic brooms for sale, cultivation of yams, vegetables and herbal plants on a miniature scale after therapies against disability have made progress upon methodical recuperation process of medical experts and physiotherapists was followed.

General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army on Thursday (10) became astonishingly impressed as some of those rehabilitated War Heroes at 'Abhimansala 1' invited their Chief, General Shavendra Silva to have a look at those projects as their therapeutic process has now yielded results by enabling them to attend to such productive projects without wasting their valuable time.

The day's special visitor to the location (see Photo Story), together with Mrs Sujeewa Nelson, President, Army Seva Vanitha Unit closely watched the quality eacle brooms and domestic brooms that have been hand-made by those disabled War Heroes whose medical conditions have now improved over the years and afterwards visited cultivation beds and plots where manioc, sweet potatoes, leafy vegetables, etc are being grown by a section of those War Heroes with multiple injuries.

The facility at Anuradhapura provides specialized post injury care which cannot be obtained at domestic level and which is also vital for their survival. Most of the disabled soldiers housed at the facility are from the Anuradhapura district.