X. PAKISTAN

For further information, contact:
Secretary
Ministry of Social
Welfare and Special Education
9-E Rizwan Plaza, Blue Area
Islamabad

Al-Hameed Industries

Sargodha Road

Gujrat

Tel: 4906

Contact Person: Mr. Abdul Hameed (Managing Director)

Produces: Braille presses, arithmetic braille slates.

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital

Low Vision Aids Clinic

Jhelum Road

Rawalpindi

Tel: 523480-4

Contact Person: Mr. Hasan Minto (Principal Optometrist)

Produces: Braille presses.

Artificial Limb Centre

Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur

Produces: Orthoses and prostheses.

Asian Blind Union

V-E, 20/13 Meher Manzil

Nazimabad, Karachi

Tel: +92-21-6681898

Contact Person: Mr. Shahid A. Memon (President)

Produces: White canes, braille slates, other devices for blind people.

DEWA Academy

Building No. 3

Street 9

Gulshan-e-Iqbal

Karachi

Tel: 460840 - 460424

Contact Person: Mr. Munir Lodhi

Produces: Braille presses.

Fauji Foundation Medical Centre

Rawalpindi Cantt.

Tel: 66095-8

Contact Person: Mr. Bashir Ahmed (Assistant Physiotherapist)

Produces: Orthoses and prostheses.

Government Printing Press

c/o Government Institute for the Blind

Model Town

Bahawalpur

Contact Person: Manager

Hayat Shaheeed Hospital

Artificial Limb Centre

Peshawar

Contact Person: Prof. Zia-ul-Islam (Administrator)

Produces: Orthoses and prostheses.

Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre

Radiqui Shaheed Road

Karachi

Produces: Orthoses and prostheses.

National Book Foundation

Liaquate Memorial Library

Stadium Road

Karachi

Produces: Braille presses.

National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind

36/3, Love Lane

Inside Iqbal Market

Garden East, Soldier Bazar No. 2

Karachi

Tel: 710891

Contact Person: Mr. Tajamul Hussain

Produces: Braille presses.

National Institute of Electronics (NIE)

H. No. 17, Sector H-9

Islamabad

Tel: 448436-9

Fax: 448451

E-mail: NIETC@paknet1.ptc.pk

Produces: Hearing aids and moulds.

Optical Palace

M.A. Jinnah Road

Opp. KMC G.P.O. Box 1249

Karachi

Tel: 216131-210114

Contact Person: Mr. Habib-ur-Rehman

Produces: Hearing aids and moulds.

Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled

111, Ferozpur Road

Lahore

Tel: 418504 - 7574936

Contact Person: Mrs. M.H. Razi

Produces: Orthoses and prostheses.

PETCOT

University Post Box No. 751

Peshawar

Tel: +92-521-818178

Fax: +92-521-817179

Produces: Prostheses and orthoses.

Raees Enterprises

Chamun Building

Chowk dal gran

Nishter Road

Lahore

Contact Person: Mr. Khalid Raees

Produces: Braille presses.

Shah Faisal Center for Hearing Impaired Children

Plot No. 27

Sector H-9

Islamabad

Tel: +92-51-854166

Contact Person: Mr. Rafiq A. Malik

Produces: Hearing aids and moulds.

Technology Links (Pvt.) Ltd.

House No. 10

Street No. 36

Islamabad.

Pakistan

Tel: 823728

Contact Person: Mr. Ghafoor Qureshi

Produces: Hearing aids and moulds.

UNHCR Afghan Refugee Artificial Limb Centre

Peshawar

Produces: Orthoses and prostheses.

XI. PHILIPPINES

For further information contact:
Executive Director
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
2nd Floor, Phil. Sugar Center Annex Bldg. North Avenue, Diliman
Quezon City
Tel: (632) 920-15-03, 926-11-65
Fax: (632) 929-88-79

Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC)

Labangon

Cebu City

Tel: 759-52

Contact Person: Ms. Esperanza Brunidor (Superintendent)

Produces: Lower-limb prostheses.

BAHATALA - Bahay Hawak

Tayo Lakad

Palawan Provincial Hospital

Malvar St.

5300 Pto. Princesa City

Palawan

Tel: 433-62-13; 433-27-21

Contact Person: Dr. Jose A. Socrates (Provincial H. Officer)

Produces: Crutches

Cross Foundation Agency for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (CFARD)

Sitio Escuela

Cataluna Grande

8000 Davao City

Tel: 297-1398; 221-8613

Contact Person: Ms. Evelyn Cabigon

Produces: AK prostheses.

F.Q. Lacar Orthopedic Workshop

P-3 Macanhan, Carmen 9000

Cagayan de Oro City

Tel: 723-012 (DAR); 912-711-0038

Contact Person: Mr. Feliciano Q. Lacar (Prosthetist/Orthotist)

Produces: Orthopaedic shoes, orthoses, AK prostheses.

Handicapped's Anchor is Christ, Inc.

Cebu 61 Carlock St., Cebu City 6000

Tel: 63-32-905-50

Contact Person: Mr. Rolando B. Tirol (President)

Produces: Crutches and wheelchairs

Philippine Band of Mercy

32 Mabini St., 9000

Cagayan de Oro City

Tel: (08822) 722-661

Contact Person: Mrs. Louella Maceren (Project Manager)

Produces: Crutches, orthoses, devices for people with cerebral palsy.

Philippine Orthopedic Center PASAF

Ma. Clara St. Corner

Banawe St. Quezon City

Tel: 712-4746; 712-4569; 712-4276 to 80

Contact People: Jesus M. Duenas, M.D. (Medical Center Chief II); Sylvia Velasco, M.D. (Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Dept.)

Produces: Orthopaedic shoes, orthoses, BK prostheses.

Simon of Cyrene Rehabilitation Center and Orthotic Workshop

Albay Provincial Hospital

Legaspi City

Tel: 461-33; 483-4195 (Bayantel).

Contact Person: Mrs. Amable M. Bolinas

Produces: Orthopaedic shoes, orthoses, prostheses, trolleys.

Tahanang Walang Hagdanan (TWH)

175 Aida Street, Marick Subd.

Cainta, Rizal

Tel: 655-0055; 655-0059

Contact Person: Mr. Jess Docot (Project Manager)

Produces: Canes, crutches, orthoses, prostheses, walkers, wheelchairs.

Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

B. Rodriquez St

Cebu City

Tel: 253-9880; 253-9884

Contact Person: Dr. Eusebio Alquesalas

Produces: Orthoses, BK prostheses.

XII. THAILAND

For further information contact:
Director-General
Department of Public
Welfare
Krung Kasem Road
Bangkok 10100
Tel: 662.281.3558, 282.8567
Fax: 662.281.3558

A. Bangkok Metropolis

Bell Company, Ltd.

110/12 Soi Kanchanakom

Phahonyotin Road

Bangkok 10400

Imports: Hearing aids.

Bookalo Tricycle Shop

34 Soi Charoennakorn 63

Charoennakorn Road

Thonburi

Bangkok 106003

Produces: Tricycles.

Chonburi Muangthong Company, Ltd.

125/26-27 Sukhumvit 55

Phrakanong, Bangkok 10110

Imports: Wheelchairs.

Faculty of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

Phrachomkhao Institute of Technology Thonburi

Bangkok 10520

Contact Person: Mr. Uthai Kraewchoung

Produces: Modified cars.

Golden Orient International Ltd. Part

63/5-6 Aroon- Amarint Road

Bangkoknoi

Bangkok 10700

Produces: Wheelchairs, tricycles, crutches.

HRC Company, Ltd.

20 Sukhumvit 22

Klongtoey

Bangkok 10110

Imports: Hearing aids.

Interfocus Company, Ltd.

1789/14 Sirindhorn Road

Bangbumrho, Bangplat

Bangkok 10700

Imports: Devices for people with visual impairments.

Krunsiri Company, Ltd.

1658/9 Phahonyothin Road

Bangkok 10400

Imports: Hearing aids.

Marungroj Company, Ltd.

219-21 Maitrijit Road

Bangkok

Imports: Hearing aids.

Mess Trading Company, Ltd.

77/66 Sukhaphiban 1

Beungum

Bangkok 10240

Imports: Prostheses.

Olympic Pradithakram Ltd., PART

159/9 Soi Mooban Mahanakornnived

Vipavadeerungsit Road, Bangkhaen

Bangkok 10220

Produces: Tricycles.

Otto Bock (Thailand) Company, Ltd.

51/421 Soi Drive in 2, Ladprao

Bangkok 10230

Imports: Prostheses, wheelchairs, crutches/canes, walkers

89/27, Airport Minioffice

Vibhavadee Road, Don Muang,

Bangkok 10210

Produces: Orthoses, prostheses.

Prostheses Foundation under the Patronage of the Princess Mother

195 Srapatum Palace Phrayathai Rd.

Bangkok 10330

Tel: 2-250-0065-7

Produces: Prostheses.

Prosthetic and Orthotic Company, Ltd.

444-450 Phrahoyotin Road, Phrayathai Bangkok 10400

Produces: Tricycles.

Rehabilitation Supply Company, Ltd.

43/9 Moo 5, Wongwanrobnok Road

Bangbon, Bangkhunthien

Bangkok 10150

Imports: Prostheses.

Saijaithai Foundation

Chaipattana Building, Saun Jitladda Dusit

Bangkok 10303

Produces: Prosthetic feet.

Semco Company, Ltd.

997-1001 Silom, Bangrak

Bangkok 10500

Imports: Wheelchairs.

Singha Medical Equipment

405/5 Rajvithee Road

Bangkok 10400

Imports: Wheelchairs.

Somboon Kranchang Ltd., PART

545 Soi Prachanareumit

Bangkok

Imports: Devices for people with visual impairments.

Thonchai Karuphan Ltd., PART.

415/20-21 Arun-amarin Road

Bangyeekun, Bangkoknoi

Bangkok 10700

Produces: Tricycles

Imports: Devices for people with visual impairments.

UFAM Clinic Company, Ltd.

1296/69-70 Pracharaj Road

Bangsue

Bangkok 10800

Imports: Prostheses, wheelchairs, crutches/canes, devices for people with visual impairments.

VS Engineering Company, Ltd.

282/316-8 Jarunsanitwong Road

Bangkok 10700

Imports: Wheelchairs, crutches/canes, devices for people with visual impairments.

B. Central Region

Association of the Physically Handicapped of Thailand

73/7-8 Soi Tivanond 8, Tivanond Road

Taladkwan, Muang

Nonthaburi 11000

Produces: Wheelchairs, tricycles, modified cars.

Bhodeephan Supply Company, Ltd.

97/74 Moo 6, Bangkruai-Sainoi Road

Bangkruai

Nonthaburi 11130

Imports: Wheelchairs.

DN Thai Willy Ltd., PART

39/11-12 Phed hueng Road

Songkanong, Phrapadaeng

Samutprakarn 10270

Produces: Tricycles.

Foundation for the Blind in Thailand

78/2 Tivaond Road Pakkred

Nontaburi 11120

Produces: Devices for people with visual impairments.

Handicap International

62/98 Moo 1, Kred-Kaew Garden 3, Soi 9

Ratanatibet Road

Nonthaburi 11000

Produces: Prostheses, wheelchairs.

Sirindhorn National Medical Rehabilitation Center

Soi Bumradnaradool, Tiwanon Road

Nontaburi 11000

Produces: Prostheses and orthoses.

Trueline Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

149/317 Buddhamonthon 4

Nakorn Prathom 73000

Produces: Crutches/canes.

C. Northern Region

Bullard Company, Ltd.

88/8 Soi Wat Umong, Suthep Road

Amphur Muang

Chiang Mai 50200

Produces: Wheelchairs.

Chiang Mai University

Prosthetic and Orthotic

Workshop

Faculty of Medicine

Chiang Mai

Produces: Orthoses, prostheses.

Mackean Institute for Rehabilitation

PO Box 53

Chiang Mai 50000

Produces: Prostheses, wheelchairs.

XIII. VIET NAM

For further information contact:
Director
International Relations Department
Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
12 Ngo Quyen Street
Hanoi
Tel: (84.4) 8.269 522
Fax: (84.4) 8.254 728

AFMA Artificial Limb Research Centre

No.3, Giai Phong Road

Hanoi

Tel: 8528037 8269554

Director: Dr. Nguyen Ha Anh

Ba Vimechanical Orthopaedic Factory

Xuan Khanh Street

Son Tay Town

Ha Tay Province

Tel: 034832346

Director: Engineer Nguyen Quoc Dung

Viet Duc Orthopaedic

Rehabilitation Centre

Xuan Khanh

Village Son Tay Town

Ha Tay Province

Tel: 034832111

Director: Mr. Nguyen Duy Dan

Hai Phong Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre

Kien An Town

Hai Phong Province

Tel: 031876528

Director: Dr. Pham Cong Tuan

Tam Diep Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre

Tan Diep Town

Ninh Binh Province

Tel: 030864109

Director: Mr.Nguyen Thi Hao

Da Nang Orthopaedic

Rehabilitation Centre

No.43, Quang Trung Street

Da Nang City

Tel: 051826510

Director: Dr.Nguyen Due Hoang

Quy Nhon Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre

Quy Nhon City

Binh Dinh Province

Tel: 056846513-056846536

Director: Dr.Hoang Van Cuc

Ho Chi Minh City Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre

No.70 Ba Huyen Thanh Quan Street, District 3

Ho Chi Minh City

Tel: 088290884

Director: Dr. Do Anh Nha

Can Tho Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Centre

No.21 Cach Mang Thang Tam Road

Can Tho City

Can Tho Province

Tel: 071820075

Director: Dr. Nguyen Van Hung

9/12 Orthopaedic Workshop

No.5 Lang Ha Road

Hanoi

Tel: 8351287

Director: Mr. Do Van Nguyen

Vinh Orthopaedic Workshop

Vinh City

Nghe An Province

Tel: 038845071

Director: Mr. Nguyen Van Gini

Thanh Hoa Orthopaedic Workshop

Thanh Hoa City

Thanh Hoa Province

Tel: 037852739

Director: Mr. Le Dinh Xuycn

Thai Binh Orthopaedic Workshop

Thai Binh Town

Thai Binh Province

Director: Mr. Nguyen Xuan Duc

First Central Trade School

Xuan Khanh Street

Son Tay Town Ha Tay Province

Tel: 034832443

Director: Mr. Vu Van Thon

Second Central Trade School

Phuoc Binh VillageThun Duc

District Hochi Minh City

Tel: 018966830

Director: Mr. Nguyen Van Tien

Nhan Chinh Trade School

Nhan Chinh Village

Tu Liem District, Hanoi

Director: Dr. Nguyen Quy Hung

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Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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