The Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centre (PRC), Khadki, will soon have a new computer centre with 14 computers for the use of its tetraplegic inmates. Paraplegics who are keen to learn computers will also be allowed use of the new centre.

Being set up at a cost of Rs 13.90 lakh, the centre will be ready in two months. The facility is an initiative of The Indian Express and will be inaugurated on the occasion of PRC’s Foundation Day celebrations on June 27. The PRC looks after the rehabilitation of disabled defence personnel.

The centre will consist of computers with the latest configuration, inverters, printers and Internet connection and will impart training to tetraplegics who have lost all four limbs and have no control over their bladder and bowels.

The Pune Sub Area Commander Brigadier R J Sharma was handed over a cheque for Rs 13.90 lakh by The Indian Express Deputy Resident Editor, Pune, Vinod Mathew Jacob. Accepting the cheque at the Pune Sub Area office, Sharma said, “It is a generous gesture on the part of the Express group. Initiatives like this infuse fresh enthusiasm amongst the PRC inmates and boost their morale.”

PRC Medical Director Dr (Lt Col.) S P Jyoti said it was the largest paraplegic rehabilitation centre in South Asia. “There are 75 occupants at the PRC and another five will soon join. It can accommodate 109 inmates.”