Stroke patients need not live in vegetative state or suffer from paralysis provided they get proper medical help at the right time. But very few realise the need to rush a patient to a stroke centre within the golden period, said doctors at a one-day workshop organised to create awareness on stroke and after stroke care.
Addressing the workshop, Dr Sucheta Mudgerikar, senior consultant neurologist at Apollo Hospitals, said: ‘According to a study, over 15 lakh Indians suffer stroke every year and about 30% of them die, while another 30% are left with a disability. In such backdrop, very few people know that one can avoid getting handicapped after getting stroke attack, if he/she is rushed to a stroke centre within three hours of the stroke.’ |
