Patients at the National Rehabilitation Center ( NRC ) are playing basketball in Vientiane, Laos.

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Confined to their wheelchairs, patients at The National Rehabilitation Center (NRC) display strength and speed while playing a game of basketball in Vientiane, Laos. Many of the patients at the NRC are UXO victims or suffer from degenerative diseases due to poor rural health care.

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Size: 3558px × 2372px
Location: National Rehabilitation Center, Vientiane, Laos
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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