A serious accident has caused him to lose his both arms 3 years ago. He should have a bright future but he turned to a handicap person in one night. After counselling, he will be starting his new life with his new prostatic arms.

“I don’t feel shameful with my prostatic arm. Today, I am able to thank the society who helped me with my arms and I will use this pair of prostatic arms to help others too. I am proud of this”.

Rakeshwaran, 21, who is from Penang lost his arms in an accident 3 years ago. His dreams to pursue higher education has been crushed and he has lost his ability of self-management. Throughout the physiotherapy and counselling these few years, now, he had implemented a right Myoelectric prosthesis arm and a left cosmetic trans humeral prothesis arm.

Myoelectric prosthesis arm and the normal prosthetic arms require RM32,000. Due to financial difficulties faced by his family, there are able to bear only RM10,000. One Hope Charity had assisted to provide the lacking funds of RM22,000. We did not run any fundraising for him and we use the daily donations from the kind-hearted public.

Rakeshwaran’s incident happened in July 2016. He was rushed to hospital and manage to be rescued but sadly, his arms were required to be amputated. His right arm were amputated from the wrist and his left arm were amputated from his shoulder.

His parents were divorced when he was young and he was raised by his grandmother. The accident happened when he was in Form 5. Initially, he planned to further his studies in business management after SPM to repay his grandmother for raising him.

He could not accept the fact that his arms were amputated when he was discharged as it has brought much inconvenience to his life. This has caused mental stress.

After counselling, and physiotherapy, he had accepted prostatic limbs.

There are various type of prostatic limbs. In order to improve his self-management, Myoelectric prosthesis arm was chosen for his right arm and normal prostatic arms were chosen for his left arm.

When his family came forward to seek help from us, he rejected as he felt shameful. But during the moment he equipped his prostatic arms and it’s under his own control, he felt very happy and his grandmother who accompanied him felt grateful and happy.

Rakeshwaran had shook hand with One Hope Charity’s chairman and thank the generous public who helped him to regain his life.

Please contact us at 019-2322192 or 016-4192192 if you have any friends or family who are poor and requires prostatic limbs.

Get to know Myoelectric Prothesis

Myoelectric Prothesis arms has finger control and wrist turning functions. It is able to receive electrical impulses from the brain. The impulses generated by the brain will travel to the muscle and from the muscle, the receptor of the prostatic arm will detect and react accordingly.

Myoelectric Prothesis is equipped according to the condition of the patient and the patient requires to undergo Myoelectric training to train the speed and power of the grip. After training, the patient will be able to perform daily tasks such as washing face, wearing clothes, writing, eating etc. Continuous training and learning can improve the performance of the prostatic arm.

Myoelectric Prothesis arms are equipped with a permanent battery. Patients are required to recharge the battery every night. It is not water proof and patients are required to remove when showering