4MyChild: Help and Hope for Life

November 27, 2006

Peto Treatment (Conductive Education) Introduced to Vietnam

The sometimes controversial Peto treatment, also known as Conductive Education, is brought into Vietnamese hospitals and showing lots of promise.

Vietnam receives Hungarian cerebral palsy treatment

A course of treatment for cerebral palsy in children, first developed in Hungary in the 1950′s, which is being tried out by the Central Pediatrics Hospital in Hanoi is proving highly effective.
Deputy Head of the hospital’s Rehabilitation Ward, Dr. Tran Thu Ha, said in just two weeks after employing the Peto treatment, seven children with cerebral palsy had made great progress.

Most often, children with cerebral palsy settle into wheelchairs for the rest of their lives. However, with Peto cerebral palsy treatment, which uses language and exercises, patients reportedly have a much higher chance of getting well again than with any other cure.

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