National Rehabilitation Center in Pusan, 1959
NEW ARTIFICIAL LEG is fitted to a disabled veteran of the Korean war by Dr. Chung Hie Oh at the National Rehabilitation Center in Pusan. After the veteran has become accustomed to wearing, and walking with, the new leg, he will be enrolled in a trade school. The center also helps patients find jobs. The National Rehabilitation Center in Pusan [Busan]- built in 1953 with United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency (UNKRA) and American-Korean Foundation funds - is the only institution of its kind on the peninsula dedicated to the goal of helping disabled Korean veterans to help themselves. In the five years the Center has been at work, more than 24,000 disabled Koreans have passed through its doors. Eighty percent of these have been veterans of Korean fighting. Others are Korean civilians - mostly children - suffering from the crippling effects of polio. Patients who are missing limbs have artificial legs or arms made for them in shops operated by the institute. More than 1,500 have been made in the past two-and-a-half years.
 and American-Korean Foundation funds - is the only institution of its kind on the peninsula dedicated to the goal of helping disabled Korean veterans to help themselves. In the five years the Center has been at work, more than 24,000 disabled Koreans have passed through its doors. Eighty percent of these have been veterans of Korean fighting. Others are Korean civilians - mostly children - suffering from the crippling effects of polio. Patients who are missing limbs have artificial legs or arms made for them in shops operated by the institute. More than 1,500 have been made in the past two-and-a-half years.
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