Jaipur: Every minute is taken into account when a patient has a stroke as a timely treatment can save his life.
Sawai Hospital Man Singh (SMS) has started a new comprehensive stroke treatment center, where facilities for treatment are immediately available.
Previously, the stroke case was brought to an emergency unit, where the doctor in medicine would attend them at first, but now as a separate stoke center facility in the Bangar Block from the SMS Hospital has begun, the patient can be in a hurry there directly and treated on time .
“A patient who suffers a stroke must get the right treatment within four and a half hours suffering from a stroke.
The doctors must provide injections that save the lives that work effectively if given within four and a half hours suffer from a stroke.
Officers may not waste time and immediately bring the patient To where stroke treatment facilities are available.
Also, ambulance staff must also be made aware that they have to rush patients like that directly to hospitals that have stroke care facilities, “said Dr.
Dinesh Khandelwal, Senior Professor (Neurology), SMS Medical College.
Stroke is caused when blockages on brain vessels affect blood supply in the brain, and the same blockage can be removed with trombeqution.
The new stroke unit has appeared after the stroke case increased during the second wave of Covid.
“We have witnessed several cases brought to hospitals with strokes but when we finished their tests, they were found covid-positive,” said Dr.
Khandelwal.
It was because the hypercoagullability was developed in patients because Covid infection that hospitals saw more stroke patients in Covid, but now such cases were not reported as Covid cases were not reported at an increase in number.
“Many parents have suffered a stroke during the second wave of Covid.
But, for us, the cause of worry is that we have seen many young people infected with Covid who do not have comorbidity such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking habits, lifestyle settling or high cholesterol.
Though Once, they suffered a stroke during the second wave of Covid, “said Dr.
Rashim Kataria, Professor (Surgical Surgery), SMS Medical College.
Some private hospitals and doctors also raise awareness about the importance of recognizing the early signs of strokes and timely care.
“Good control of hypertension, diabetes, and lifestyle changes regarding regular sleep, tobacco intake goes far in preventive repetitive strokes.
Stroke usually occurs in older age groups.
However, increased events are reported to be younger populations because of lifestyle What’s bad, “said Dr.
Neetu Ramrachiani, director at a private hospital.