63-year-old diabetic patient Vedi Mengüllüoğlu, whose legs were amputated, started walking again thanks to prostheses designed by doctors at the Hatay Disabled Social Entrepreneurship Center.
Mengüllüoğlu, a 63-year-old truck driver battling diabetes, had gone to Russia 8 years ago for work. He was stranded in cold weather when his truck broke down near Siberia. This situation led to the amputation of his gangrenous right leg from the knee area, and Mengüllüoğlu started using a wheelchair.
As the disease progressed, Mengüllüoğlu's left leg was also amputated below the knee 2 years ago, and he applied to the Hatay Disabled Social Entrepreneurship Center with the hope of walking again. Doctors at the center, established on the Hatay Mustafa Kemal University campus in cooperation with the Hatay Governorship and the Foundation for the Physically Disabled, designed special prostheses for Mengüllüoğlu.
Thanks to the prostheses fitted during the operation, Mengüllüoğlu experienced the joy of standing up again after 8 years.
Vedi Mengüllüoğlu stated that he received physiotherapy at the center to get used to his prostheses. Mengüllüoğlu, stating that his life has become easier, expressed his feelings with these words: "The past was dark for me. Two people used to take me to and from the restroom. Thanks to our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Foundation for the Physically Disabled, and our esteemed Governor, I got my prostheses. May God bless them; I am on my feet thanks to them." Mengüllüoğlu noted that he was freed from using a wheelchair.
Yağmur Durmaz, an orthopedic technician working at the Disabled Social Entrepreneurship Center, stated that Mengüllüoğlu, who came to the center in a wheelchair, returned home walking. Durmaz said, "When we first delivered his prostheses, our patient's smile as he stood up and walked made us all very happy. We gave him walking training at the center, and he recovered and stood up in a very short time."
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