No mean feet

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301-a

Correction for Singhal and Nundy, BMJ 328 (7443) 789.

BMJ 2004;328:1301 (29 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7451.1301-a

Correction

No mean feet

In this profile of Pramod Karan Sethi (who invented two prostheses,known as the Jaipur foot and the Jaipur limb (a below-the-kneeprosthesis)) by Dinesh Singhal and Samiran Nundy, several inaccuraciesmay have misled readers (3 April, pp 789). It is the limb (notthe foot, as we stated) that is tailor made (and takes 45 minutesto an hour to fit); the foot is taken from available stock.The costs for the foot and the limb are higher than stated—currently250 rupees (£3; $5.50; ${euro}$ 4.70) and 1500 rupees respectively.The workshop that Dr Sethi helped to set up was in Phnom Penh,Cambodia (not in Vietnam, as we stated), although he did traintechnicians from Vietnam.