international committee of the red cross it creates thousands of patients from across the region lisa ellis reports from. turning things around. these people are learning how to move again they've all suffered strokes and there's a physical rehabilitation center in guinea the sound west africa but it's a clinic with a difference it's a track's patients not just from going to the sound but from across the region by offering a service that is unique in west africa. we provide free treatment for everyone there is universal treatment for everyone who needs it even if they are vulnerable or very poor if they cannot contribute to get it for free. clinics offer of treatment for free for those without means is unheard of in this region it's especially unusual for going to be sound one of the poorest countries in the world and a place where most have no access to even basic health services. the standard of medical treatment across going to be sour is very poor this center offers people with disabilities hope that they otherwise would not have. it's made possible with financing from the international

lisa ellis reports. >> turning things around. these people are learning how to move again. they all suffered strokes. it is a clinic with a difference. it attracts patients not just from guinea-bissau but from across the region i offering a service that is unique in west africa.. >> wee provide freree treatmentr everyone.. it is universal treatment for eveveryone who needs it even if ththey are vulnerablor very pooror. if they cannot contribute, they get it for free. >> the clinic closet o offer of treatment for free is unheard of in this reregion. it is especially foror guinea-bissau, one of the poorest countries in the world and a place w where most have no access to even basic health services. the standard of medical treatment across guiuinea-bissau is v very poor. it is made possible with financing from the international committee of the red cross. they also fund a prosthetics workshop and training its staff. the organization stepped in to help in 20122 when guineaea-bisu was going through h a. -- period of political turmoil. the center opened in the 1980's. at this tim