a)The beginning of telemedicine in Kazakhstan dated 2003 when the government of Kazakhstan began setting up a telemedicine network.
b) An example of a patient and a doctor using a telemedicine network:
The doctor is in a big hospital, and the patient is 200 kilometres away in telemedicine centre. The patient can see the doctor on a screen and talk to him . The doctor can see and talk to the patient and the health worker who is with the patient.
The health worker is pressing something against the patient's chest . It is a tele-stethoscope. This instrument allows the doctor to hear the patient's heart 200 kilometres away . The doctor tells the health worker what to do, and he gives the correct pills. The patient will be OK.
c) First problem is the size of Kazakhstan. It is very big and about 40% of the people live a long way from cities, hospitals and specialist doctors. Second problem is transport. In winter people can't always travel easily.
d) Kazakhstan telephone network cannot cover the whole country, so the telemedicine network uses a satellite nearly 36,000 kilometers above the ground.
e) kazakhstan's international position with telemedicine: Kazakhstan is the leader in Asia.
f)Telemedicine in Kazakhstan since 2003 has been developed remarkably. For example, by 2011 there were 150 telemedicine centres.
g) An example of telemedicine technology is a tele-stethoscope.
