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Already got an email about my last post on medical care in Kazakhstan. I thought the question might be of interest to everyone: Is home-care equipment like crutches, wheelchairs, medical step stools, or safety bars in toilets and showers widely available in Kazakhstan?

The answer is yes and no. Vital equipment like wheelchairs or crutches or walkers can be found, at least in the cities, as can less necessary things like blood pressure monitors, electronic thermometers. You might even be able to find hospital beds for home. But other stuff to make life easier like low benches for people in wheelchairs or handrails and commodes for toilets are a bit harder to find. I suspect, though I don’t know, that most people either do without them or jerry rig something. Usually disabled people or older people aren’t left alone so a live-in family member is usually the substitute for home medical supplies.

Don’t know if anyone has had experience with this and has suggestions.