The purpose of the Center is to reduce the disability of children in the Republic of Kazakhstan by ensuring the further development and improvement of rehabilitation treatment, medical, social, psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation of children and adolescents with pathology of the nervous, musculoskeletal systems, as well as the introduction and dissemination of modern technologies in the field of medical science, education and practice. The work at the Center is aimed at complex, multimodal correction of motor, psycho-emotional, cognitive, speech disorders that lead to social maladaptation of children and adults with neuropsychiatric pathology.
The center employs 56 doctors, 43 teachers, 133 nurses and brothers. In general, 66.2% of doctors, 19.7% of teachers, 51.3% of nursing staff have the category. In total, there are 8 employees with an academic degree, 2 of them are doctors of medical sciences, 1 is a PhD degree, 5 are candidates of medical sciences. In addition, 26 nurses received higher nursing education. Of the total number of employees, 1 is the holder of the order “Parasat”, 6 are awarded the medal “Enbek Ardageri”, 32 are excellent health workers, 23 are holders of the badge “Densaulyk Aktau isiine koskan ulesi ush”, 1 is an excellent education student.
The center is equipped with rehabilitation equipment and technologies that meet the best international quality and safety standards.
The clinical unit of the Center is represented by three departments: the Department of Clinical Rehabilitation, the Department of innovative rehabilitation, the Department of socio-pedagogical rehabilitation.
The Department of Clinical Rehabilitation (here and further in the attachment – photos and summaries of specialists) consists of the emergency room sector and six neuropsychiatric departments with 300 beds:
No. 1 “Bobek” with 45 beds for children from 1 to 3 years old;
No. 2 “Qadam” with 45 beds for children with 3 to 5 years;
No. 3 “Bolashaq” for 50 beds for children from 5 to 8 years;
No. 4 “Aqzhol” for 50 beds for children from 8 to 12 years;
No. 5 “Balbulaq” for 60 beds for children from 12 up to 18 years old;
No. 6 “Qamqor” is a 50-bed multi-age department (including 10 beds for children with autism, 10 beds for Down’s disease, 10 beds for HCT after cochlear implantation).
The Department of Innovative Rehabilitation consists of:
Department of Physical Medical Rehabilitation (physical therapy and physiotherapy);
laboratory of robotic rehabilitation;
laboratory of modeling and orthosis;
laboratory of Neurophysiology and Sign Language;
department of occupational therapy.
The Department of Social and Pedagogical Rehabilitation consists of:
correctional and methodological department (speech therapist, psychologist, defectologist, stress therapy, music, game therapy, speech therapy, sensory room);
department of social adaptation (adaptive sports, Olympics, race track, professional orientation and workshops-sewing, carpentry shop, hairdresser, legal advice);
department of inclusive education (training in correctional and general education programs at school).
The departments provide comprehensive rehabilitation assistance to children aged 1 to 18 years with the following neurological pathology:
– Cerebral palsy
– Consequences of intracranial injury
– Consequences of spinal cord injuries
– Consequences of limb nerve injuries
– Lesions of individual nerves, nerve roots and plexuses, polyneuropathy
– Consequences of inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system
– Paralytic syndromes
– Consequences of cerebrovascular diseases
– Congenital malformations of the nervous system
– Other speech and language development disorders
– Psychological development disorder
– Sensorineural hearing loss, a condition after cochlear implantation
– Down’s disease
– Diseases of the neuromuscular synapse and muscles
The rehabilitation course is 25 days