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| Earthquake Victim on Path to Recovery |
| Early rehabilitation allows Guo Tingting to stand again |
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Sichuan, China - The story of Guo Tingting is
providing a spark of hope to victims of the massive destruction
caused by a series of earthquakes in Sichuan province. The fourteen
year old Tingting was an active junior high school sophomore until
her home of Wenchuan in southwest Sichuan became the epicenter of
the worst earthquake to hit China in over fifty years. Tingting's
school collapsed in the earthquake, killing thirty-nine of her
sixty-four classmates...Read
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| New Legs Bring a New Life for the “Basketball Girl” |
| Medical rehabilitation opens up a lifetime of opportunities for Qian Hongyan |
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Qian Hongyan’s life changed in an instant. The bright and active three year old girl’s future was full of promise until the day in 2000 when she was struck and pulled under the front wheels of a large delivery truck. Doctors in her native Yunnan province were able to save her life, but both of Hongyan’s legs were lost. On returning to her poor rural village, Hongyan’s prospects were bleak...Read More
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| Program Gives Hope to Disabled Orphans |
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 Beijing - A coordinated 3 year effort to assist disabled orphans has provided medical evaluation and treatment to over 15,000 orphans with disabilities. Called the “Tomorrow Plan”, the program rendered critically needed medical, surgical and rehabilitative care to thousands of children less than 18 years old.... Read More
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| China Facing a Critical Shortage of Rehabilitation Therapists |
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In spite of growing needs, the number of specialists trained in medical rehabilitation remains low
“The lack of formally trained personnel has become a serious ‘bottleneck’ in the development of medical rehabilitation in China,” says Dr. Li Jianjun... Read More
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| What is Medical Rehabilitation? |
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Medical Rehabilitation is the process of restoring skills and abilities to a person who has become disabled due to an injury or illness. Led by a physician, a team of rehabilitation medicine specialists strives to restore their patients to maximum physical function and self-sufficiency. The rehabilitation team may include physical, occupational, and speech and language therapists, neuropsychologists, nurses and other experts in medical rehabilitation. Rooted in the oldest traditions of medicine, medical rehabilitation rose to prominence in the US and other countries after World War II. With growing needs in developing countries, medical rehabilitation now is spreading worldwide.
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