Exercise to help COPD hospital patients is being rolled out across Kyrgyzstan and to neighbouring countries
- Photographs by Danil Usmanov
Every day on the respiratory ward at one of Kyrgyzstan’s biggest hospitals, Aidai Temiraly Kyzy, a 24-year-old nurse, puts on the music and leads her patients in the Kara Jorgo, the national dance of the central Asian country.
This involves a range of body movements and leaves everyone smiling – but Kyzy is not doing it for fun. The session is part of a treatment programme offered to people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – a common, preventable and treatable lung condition.
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