SPINAL CORD SOCIETY - SCI DAY
"International Days" are celebrated to mark important aspects of human life and history. On the suggestion of its Prevention Committee, International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) has decided to observe ‘Spinal Cord Injury Day’ on 5th September every year with the intention of increasing awareness amongst the general public. It is presumed that the awareness would facilitate an inclusive life for persons with disability and ensure greater chances of success of prevention programs.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) and the resultant paralysis has devastating physical, mental, social, sexual and vocational consequences for the injured. In addition, the injury increases the economic burden on the person who sustains an SCI and potentially his or her entire support network. As per the statistics from USA, depending on the severity, SCI can cost an injured individual USD 334,000 to 1 million in the first year after injury. Costs in each subsequent year range from USD 41,000 to 178,000. And it isn’t always bad luck that causes spinal cord injuries.
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World Spinal Cord Injury Day is commemorated on 5th September every year to highlight and promote social integration and awareness amongst the general public and administrators with a view to help uplift the condition of persons with SCI.
2020 has been a different year. For the past over three months, our whole world has just been turned upside down. Few months ago, we would have never even imagined that such a pandemic could ever occur and how it would totally change our lives including the way we practice. Many of us would have just seen the movie, Contagion and passed it off as fiction. But here, we are now facing it in reality.
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