‘One in 6 people will have a stroke in their lifetime’

This is one of the statistics in a fact sheet released by NIMHANS

November 01, 2019 12:20 am | Updated 08:04 pm IST

Around 15 million people worldwide suffer a stroke annually. Of those, five million die and another five million are left permanently disabled.

Stroke is the third commonest cause of death after cardiac disease, cancer and the first cause of disability.

One in six people will have a stroke in their lifetime.

These are some of the statistics that find mention in the fact sheet released by National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) on Thursday.

It says in India, 73 out of every 1,00,000 people die each year of stroke, and stroke constitutes 25% of the neurological emergencies at NIMHANS, while 125 patients have undergone acute revascularization therapy since July 2018.

NIMHANS also released a manual on acute stroke care, a green channel poster and a multidisciplinary intervention chart.

“The gap between peripheral and central health care systems needs to be reduced. This could be done by training physicians in peripheries on stroke management. Young neurologists need to take up courses in stroke treatment,” said Padma Shri Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Director, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research.

NIMHANS Director Dr. B.N. Gangadhar advocated the usage of telemedicine and appealed to the health ministry for a ‘hub and spoke’ model for management of stroke.

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