Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP; bn, পক্ষাঘাতগ্রস্থদের পুনর্বাসন কেন্দ্র) is a Bangladesh non government organisation that works for the rehabilitation of the paralysed in Bangladesh and is located in
Savar
Savar ( bn, সাভার) is a city in central Bangladesh, located in Dhaka District in the Dhaka Division, division of Dhaka. It is the closest city from Dhaka. It is also a part of Greater Dhaka conurbation which forms the Greater Dhaka, D ...
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Bangladesh
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History
The Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed was established on 11 December 1979 by
Valerie Ann Taylor. Taylor was a British national who had come to Bangladesh on an aid mission. It was originally located in disused warehouses of
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College & Hospital but was moved to Savar in 1990. The centre has a hundred-bed hospital.
References
Disability organisations based in Bangladesh
1979 establishments in Bangladesh
Organisations based in Savar
Savar Upazila
Volunteer organisations in Bangladesh
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