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A 10-member Chinese medical team is visiting Kazakhstan, and their advice on respiratory rehabilitation has been included in the country's diagnosis and treatment protocol of COVID-19.
In a seminar with Kazakh colleagues this week, the Chinese experts said that some patients, after being discharged from the hospital, have been suffering from breathing problems. Respiratory rehabilitation, which can be done either in a hospital or at home, can restore and improve their condition.
It usually includes physical exercises for muscles of the shoulder girdle, the chest, and the diaphragm. The load gradually increases from light to moderate, the experts said.
Qiu Guangfeng, a respiratory doctor from the People's Hospital of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, also presented some breathing exercises. "The respiratory rehabilitation program helps to maintain the patient's physical condition," Qiu said, adding that psychological and emotional wellbeing are also part of the program.
After the seminar, Kazakh Vice Health Minister Lyazat Aktayeva instructed to add the recommendations of Chinese experts into the sixth edition of Kazakhstan's diagnosis and treatment protocol of COVID-19, an updated official document for the country's medical institutions adopted on April 16.
During their stay in Karaganda, the Chinese experts also visited a new lab at Karaganda Medical University, where polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is conducted. Doctors of the two countries raised issues of funding and state support for researchers, in particular young scientists, as well as the possibility of scientific exchanges and internships.
"Chinese experience in taming the virus is worthy of great respect, as Chinese doctors managed to turn the coronavirus infection into a controlled process," said Bakhyt Kosherova, vice-rector for clinical work at Karaganda Medical University.
Kosherova added that the principle of early detection, early reporting, early isolation and early treatment, as well as a concentration of doctors and hospitals, help China rationalize resources to cope with COVID-19.
Chinese experts, while in Karaganda, also held online sessions with Kazakh doctors on the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Doctors from the two sides specifically addressed two cases with severe symptoms.
The Chinese medical team arrived in Kazakhstan on April 9. They have wrapped up their visit in Nur-Sultan and Karaganda and will visit Almaty.
Kazakhstan has registered 1,654 COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths as of Sunday.
