Martine Powers writing for The Globe on November 11, 2011 reports on a story about veterans of the recent Libyan uprising.
Marwan Mafud, 22, wasn’t a soldier. During the Libyan revolution, he was a college student who used his car to bring medical supplies to rebel troops.
Though he was a civilian, government soldiers pulled him over. They spotted a rebel flag in his car and dragged him to the ground. They beat him, fracturing his skull and breaking his right hand. They called him a rat. Then, the soldiers demanded that he declare that Moammar Khadafy was god.
Mafud refused. “Allahu akbar,’’ he said. God is great.
Mafud is one of 22 Libyan men who were flown out of their country and brought to Spaulding Hospital North Shore in Salem almost two weeks ago to receive rehabilitation care for their
war injuries. The Libyan National Transitional Council organized the transfer, with the help of the US State Department. The patients, from different parts of Libya and ranging in age from 16 to 49, arrived with injuries of all kinds: bullet wounds, broken bones, nerve and spinal damage.
Spinal damage is one of many disabilities treated by the newly created Tutor system. Consisting of the HandTutor, ArmTutor, LegTutor and 3DTutor these devices are designed to improve motor, sensory and cognitive impairments through intensive active exercises with augmented feedback.
These exercises are challenging and motivating and allow for repetitive training tailored to the patient’s performance. The Tutor system also includes objective quantitative evaluations that provide the therapist information to customize the most suitable rehabilitation program to the patient’s ability. Currently part of the rehabilitation program of leading U.S. and foreign hospitals the Tutors are also used in clinics and at home through the use of telerehabilitation. The Tutors are suitable for children as well as adults.See www.HandTutor.com
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