Over the past six months, the Prosthetic Department of Convalescent & Extended Care Hospital - Arar received, 292 outpatients, including 162 males and 130 females. Also, it implanted 500 prostheses (artificial limbs), including 287 mobile-bearings for males, 111 mobile-bearings for females, 63 fixed-bearings for males and 39 fixed-bearing prostheses for females, given that most cases had double prostheses. The department serves the northern border residents rather than referring them outside the region as before.