TNIE Impact: CMCHIS helps Sterlite police-firing victim repair prosthetic leg
The victim, G Princeton (27), was shot in the leg during the anti-Sterlite agitation in Thoothukudi on May 22, 2018, and his right leg was amputated. Following medical treatment, the state government provided him with a Rs 7.5-lakh-worth prosthetic leg, with a hydraulic knee joint, made by a German manufacturer. Sources said the differently abled welfare department had borne the maintenance cost of Rs 1.2 lakh in 2020 and Rs 80,000 in 2022. However, it refused to bear the maintenance cost in 2025, citing a lack of provision under the CMCHIS. Following the TNIE article, the office of Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi urged the department and CMCHIS officials to reconsider the man's plea and undertake the repairs.
Speaking to TNIE, Princeton said that the repair has been carried out and the officials handed him over the prosthetic leg on Thursday. CMCHIS district project officer R Vijay Anand said Princeton had demanded that the old prosthetic leg be repaired instead of getting a new artificial leg. The limb was repaired by the private firm's service centre in Tiruchy, through the Tamil Nadu Health System Project, he added.
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