Guest guest Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 Hi all I thought this was interesting to share. cheers, Medical center established to waken comatose persons The nation's first medical center aimed at wakening up comatose persons by traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture was established Monday in the PLA General Hospital, Beijing. As a program of clinical examination and treatment of the State Administration of Traditional , the center has got a 70,000 yuan special fund from the state. To waken up comatose persons has always a knotty problem in the medical circle, said doctor Li Yunqin from the center. Regular treatments include Hgyerbaric Oxygen (HBO) and wakening medicine, while the Chinese way is a whole set of treatments combing Chinese acupuncture with modern emergency and rehabilitation methods. China sees an increase of 100,000 comatose persons annually, Li said, most of them suffering traumas caused by traffic accidents, poisoning or cerebral hemorrhage. The Chinese way of wakening has been proved quite effective in clinical treatment, with a wakening rate reaching 61.36 percent, using an average period of 38.3 days per person. By People's Daily Online -- Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release 8/03/2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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