There is a new angle to rehab clinics here in Hessen, and this popped up via HR (our public TV network in the state).
Over in Bad Nauheim.....there is a commercial clinic which has changed it's mandate and taking recommended patients from the public health care system. The angle? People who had a bad case of Corona.
Bad Nauheim is about a 30-minute drive north of Frankfurt, and was kinda known (at least a hundred years ago) as a spa town.
At the extreme end of Corona....a fair number of folks have passed the final test and noted as 'cured', but have serious breathing problems. Added to this problem....doctors are noting these individuals as having lost their 'fit' status and lost some muscle coordination.
No one is saying the numbers of people in this category....but apparently it's enough that a specialized clinic will support them....to reach the next step up. Their range of therapy? Both physical and mental.
In some ways, this is reminding me of the era when TB was around, and they were finally able to 'cure' it, but people were weakened by the whole experience, and ended up at a clinic (usually out in the rural region). In this environment, people were put to the task of walking several miles a day to rebuild their endurance.
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