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Servicemen and women injured in the line of duty are owed a special debt of gratitude by the state. They also deserve the very best medical and remedial care that we can give them. Members of the British armed forces will probably spend time at The Defence Military Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court. I was lucky enough to spend a day there in June, meeting members of staff and shooting pictures of two young Royal Marines who had both lost limbs on active service. I was struck by many things whilst I was there, not the least of which was their very dark sense of humour. The overriding impression however is that these are fit and determined young men who are not going to let missing limbs get in the way of their lives.
They work hard with physiotherapists, prosthetic technicians and other medical staff to make sure that the mobility aids and prosthetic limbs they are supplied with are as good as they can be and that their own physical well being is also as good as it can be. |
