035 Paraplegic patient

Title: 035 Paraplegic patient
Description: Along was a longstay patient at Gombak. He was paralysed from the waist downwards and used a wheelchair. When the hospital telephone exchange was installed he and Apong, another paraplegic patient, were taught to operate it. They then became members of the hospital staff and received a wage. Until then, they earned a little pocket money by weaving baskets etc to order.
Coverage: Malaysia
Creator: Duguid, Jennifer Cairns
Date: 1965
Format: JPG
Identifier: https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/7103
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Type: StillImage
Provenance: Keene State College