Help from doctors and residents of the KSCDIZ

February 3, 2025

The World Leprosy Day once again draws attention to the urgency of the problem. On this day, doctors and residents of the KNCDIZ organized assistance for the Kazakh Republican Leprosarium.

A leprosarium is not a place for isolating patients. Registered patients have the opportunity to receive health and rehabilitation services from other medical organizations in the country. Medical examination of patients with leprosy is carried out for life due to the risk of recurrence.

Creams, balms, ointments, and medications needed to treat the disease were sent to the leprosarium. There is a laptop for medical staff.

It should be recalled that leprosy began to be treated in Kazakhstan almost a hundred years ago, since 1929, when the USSR Council of People's Commissars decided to organize a leprosarium in the Kazakh SSR. Today, the Kazakh Republican Leprosarium is a specialized medical institution of a special type that provides not only specific treatment, but also rehabilitation of its patients. The leprosarium is located in the Kyzylorda region and has two dispensaries. In addition to special treatment, patients receive all the necessary medical care: surgical, ophthalmological, dental, therapeutic, as well as rehabilitation.

There is a decrease in the incidence of leprosy (Hansen's disease) in Kazakhstan today. There are no children or teenagers among the patients. Leprosy affects only the elderly population, which is typical for the extinction of the infection.

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