REHAPROTEX addressed users of compensatory aids and trade visitors
Two years on, the largest Czech expo focusing on the needs of people with disabilities once again took place at the Brno Exhibition Centre. Two exhibition halls featured innovations in the field of rehabilitation, compensatory, prosthetic and orthopaedic aids, products for active life of senior citizens, products of sheltered workshops and services of health and social care providers. Over the course of four days, the fair was visited by more than 5,000 visitors – end-users, health care professionals and government officials, health insurance companies, social care institutions, charities and non-profit organizations.
Great interest in testing of new products
The attention of visitors was attracted by tens of product innovations and other interesting exhibits, which could be tested and compared directly on the spot. There was a wide range of mechanical and electric wheelchairs, lifting and positioning systems, mobility aids, stair climbers and many other aids presented by dozens of exhibitors, members of the Association of Manufacturers and Sellers of Medical Devices, as well as other companies. In addition to product testing at the stands, expert counselling was also provided. New legislation and increased reimbursement limits have opened the way for people with disabilities to get better wheelchairs and other medical devices, which has boosted demand. Visitors were also very interested in more demanding solutions such as additional drives for wheelchairs or modifications of vehicles for manual driving, or to facilitate the car transport of people with handicaps.
Prizes for three Czech products
Exhibitors could enter their solutions for improving the quality of life of people with disabilities to the Golden Rehaprotex 2019 competition. The jury, composed of professionals working in the fields of medicine, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, selected the three best products, which by coincidence were exclusively Czech. The HURT-e electric mechanical wheelchair drive won the category of aids for walking, mobility and transport. The product of the Czech company HURT was praised by the jury for its compactness, low weight and high performance. In the category of solutions for active and self-sufficient life won the Charley Tramp caravan for people with severe disabilities, exhibited by the company Opus Lacrimosa. This wheelchair-accessible motorhome allows for completely independent holidays for people who cannot do without an electric wheelchair. The winner of Golden Rehaprotex in the category of rehabilitation, compensatory, prosthetic and orthopaedic aids was the company MEBSTER for the first entirely Czech exoskeleton designed especially for paraplegics. The UNILEXA exoskeleton excels in reliability, safety, walking stability, low weight, and easy and quick application directly from the trolley.
Top conferences: REHAEXPRES also brought in the Prime Minister
This year, too, a special wheelchair-accessible REHAEXPRES train departed from Prague to Brno, which in addition to the people with disabilities also brought the Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Minister of Transport Vladimír Kremlík and other VIP guests to the expo grounds. Apart from a tour of the fair, they visited a conference on the topic of How will the conditions of travelling for people with disabilities change after the liberalization of railway transport. Top representatives of Czech Railways as well as private railway carriers, NRZP, regions, SŽDC, SFDI and other institutions also attended this meeting of exceptionally high quality. Also in the following days there was a very attractive professional supporting programme, including the meeting of VZP audit technicians, a seminar of the Energy Regulatory Office on the protection of consumers against “bullies” when changing energy suppliers or a seminar and roundtable of the Ministry of labour and Social Affairs on the project titled Policy of Aging in regions, and on family and intimate life of people with disabilities.
Programme for the public for the first time with parasport
The news of this year was the Emil Sport Arena, which every day of the fair presented various sports activities for handicapped people – floorball, rugby, basketball, parahockey, paragolf, curling, boccia and futsal for the blind. This event of the Emil Endowment Fund was attended by successful para-sportspeople, and visitors could try various sports on the spot.
A traditional part of the fair was extensive counselling and services offered for free. The National Health Institute has opened a Health Forum promoting healthy lifestyle. Experts from organisations such as Bílý kruh bezpečí [White Circle of Safety], Kudy kam [Wherefrom Whereto], Liga vozíčkářů [The Wheelchair League], ParaCENTRUM Fenix, Consumer Defense Association and other organisations answered questions from visitors. Testing of blood pressure, sight, food intolerance and body fat, or examination and taping by a physiotherapist were available free of charge at the fair. On the lecture stage there was a special two-day programme for senior citizens. More than ten protected workshops offering Christmas gifts and other handicraft products were featured.
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