How Rehabilitation Helps Long COVID Patients

Dr Akmal Hafizah Zamli, Head of Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hospital Sungai Buloh

01-Aug-22 16:00

How Rehabilitation Helps Long COVID Patients

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By now, we’ve learned that having COVID-19 isn’t just about the toll it takes on your body when you first contract the virus, but the lingering symptoms even when you’ve recovered from the infection. Also known as long COVID, these symptoms can significantly affect your quality of life, so on this show, we take a look at the role of rehabilitation medicine in helping “long haulers” to get back on their feet, with Dr Akmal Hafizah Zamli, rehabilitation physician and head of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Hospital Sungai Buloh.

To access the Ministry of Health's online guide for rehabilitation after a long COVID diagnosis, click here.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories: managing disease, wellness

Tags: post covid, the bigger picture, health & living, covid-19, sars-cov-2, long covid, post covid-19, fatigue, myalgia, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, nutrition, allied health,

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