Telemedicine services will be available to residents of rural areas in Kazakhstan by fall 2025. This initiative aims to address the shortage of medical personnel in remote regions, according to Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister of Healthcare Yerbol Ospanov.
«Currently, residents of remote settlements have to travel 400 to 500 kilometers to district centers and cities to access quality medical care. Telemedicine will enable online consultations — both between patients and doctors and between doctors with varying levels of expertise,» Ospanov said on the sidelines of a panel discussion on the use of Big Data and patient registers...