Apollo Hospitals Salutes, Honours and Celebrates Stroke Survivors
Stroke survivors with rewards courage and resilience were honoured presented with awards
Chennai 28th October, 2022: Apollo Speciality Hospitals OMR under the guidance of Dr. Karthikeyan, Interventional Neurologist, today organised a special event to honour and celebrate stroke survivors. The event was preceded over by Prof. Shakir Husain Interventional Neurologist & Stroke Specialist, Mr. Senthil, Actor and Dr. Karthikeyan, Interventional Neurologist, Apollo Speciality Hospital OMR. This one day event was organised to build awareness on stroke to create and to emphasise on the need for early intervention for quality stroke care.
More than twenty stroke survivors were honoured with awards and mementos for fighting back and recovering seamlessly. Stroke is a major public health problem in India and worldwide. It is one of the leading causes of acqu ired disability and mortality which results in considerable socioeconomic impact on the patients, their families a nd the healthcare delivery system. There are two types of stroke including ischemic stroke which is caused due to reduction in blood supply to a part of the brain and Haemorrhagic stroke which is caused due to leakage of bl ood into a part of the brain.
Nearly eighty percentage of stroke is due to blood clot (ischemic) and 20% is due to bleeding( haemorrhagic), time is the most important factor because every minute 1,90,000 brain cells are lost during stroke, with the recent advances ,when a stroke patient reaches hospital within 24 hours of onset ,symptoms can be reverted back with either clot busting drug or mechanical thrombectomy which is a pin hole procedure, in which a stent retriever is used to remove a clot from the affected blood vessel.
A stroke can happen to anyone, at any time and any age. However, the stroke risk increases with age and after th e age of 55, the risk doubles for every decade a person is alive. It is no longer a disease of old age, it is more com mon in younger age group as recent data suggest stroke will occur one in four individuals above 25 years of age. Around 13 million suffer from stroke every year globally and nearly 10,000 people are affected by stroke in Che nnai every year. Covid 19 has increased the incidence of stroke after covid infection it increases the tendency to form clot in individuals who has blood sugar, blood pressure and obese.
Speaking about stroke care Dr. Karthikeyan, Interventional Neurologist, Apollo Speciality Hospital OMR, said, “The emerg ing stroke treatments are all time dependent. 4.5 hours is the recognized time limit as of now to ini tiate an intravenous thro mbolysis, in an indicated patient. Any SUDDEN neurological symptom should be cons idered as a stroke warning sign. For example- Sudden vision loss, double vision, dizzy feeling, vert igo-go, insta bility/swaying while standing or walking, facial dev iation or asymmetry, difficulty in swallowing, coughing while ta king food, change in voice (nasal tone, hoarseness), weakness of arm or leg, altered or loss of sensation in a pa rt of the body especially on one side of the face or body, sudden shaking of limbs, difficulty in speaking, difficulty in understanding speech, inability to repeat a sentence when asked to do so, difficulty in doing a co-ordinated movement, new onset headache or change in the character of chronic headache etc.”
Awareness about stroke, its symptoms, the importance of time in stoke management, stroke prevention me tho ds are abysmally low in our community this event paved way to create awareness and to hold hands with the str oke survivors who are on road to recovery.
About Apollo Hospitals:
It was in 1983, that Dr. Prathap C Reddy made a pioneering endeavor by launching India’s first corporate hosp ital – Apollo Hospitals in Chennai. Now, as Asia’s foremost trusted integrated healthcare group, its presence in cludes over 12,000 beds across 72 Hospitals, 4500+ Pharmacies, over 120 Primary Care clinics and 700+ Diag nostic centers, 500 plus Telemedicine Centers, over 15 medical education centers and a Research Foundation with a focus on global Clinical Trials, epidemiological studies, stem cell & genetic research, Apollo Hospitals has been at the forefront of new medical advancements with the most recent investment being the commissioning of South East Asia’s very first Proton Therapy Centre in Chennai.
Every four days, the Apollo Hospitals Group touches a million lives, in its mission to bring healthcare of intern ational standards within the reach of every individual. In a rare honor, the Government of India had issued a co mmemorative stamp in recognition of Apollo’s contribution, the first for a healthcare organization. Apollo Hos pitals Chairman, Dr. Prathap C Reddy, was conferred with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan in 2010. For 37 ye ars, the Apollo Hospitals Group has continuously excelled and maintained leadership in medical innovation, wo rld-class clinical services and cutting-edge technology. Its hospitals are consistently ranked amongst the best hospitals in the country for advanced medical services.
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