Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

NSASL elects new president at AGM - Sri Lanka

My readers from there need to contact him  and correct his priorities. Research into hyperacute therapies as the most important need.  You can't let the medical profession drive this, they have their heads in the sand.
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/130106/plus/nsasl-elects-new-president-at-agm-26785.html
Dr. Udaya Ranawaka, honorary Consultant Neurologist to the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, has been elected as the President of the National Stroke Association of Sri Lanka (NSASL) at its annual general meeting held recently at the Hatton National Bank Towers, Colombo.
Highlighting the magnitude of stroke as a health care problem, Dr. Ranawaka in his Presidential address pointed out that stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability. It is estimated that one in six people will suffer a stroke during their lifetime.

Sri Lanka has one of the highest prevalence rates of stroke in the world and with the ageing population and the steep increase in vascular risk factors, the numbers are likely to reach epidemic proportions, he said, stressing the need to improve facilities for early diagnosis and advanced treatment, dedicating more stroke beds, and setting up of at least one stroke unit in each province. Early recognition and control of risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol and smoking, are the most cost effective and efficient ways of minimising the burden of stroke.
Paying tribute to the past presidents and councils of the NSASL for their contributions, Dr. Ranawaka said it is an organisation which brings together both medical and non-medical persons interested in improving stroke care in Sri Lanka. Since its inception in 2001, the NSASL has conducted numerous workshops and training programmes for patients and caregivers and public education and awareness programmes regarding stroke.
He thanked outgoing President Dr. Padma Gunaratne for the achievements during her tenure which had brought international recognition to the NSASL. In 2009, the NSASL was awarded the gold medal by the World Stroke Organisation for World Stroke Day activities organised here in Sri Lanka. In 2010, the NSASL hosted the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference in Colombo and in 2012 a book on ‘Stroke Care’ was published in Sinhala, English and Tamil, providing useful information to both patients and doctors.
The National Stroke Association of Sri Lanka can be reached at No. 6, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7; Tel: 011-2682630; Email: nationalstroke@gmail.com; website: http://www.nsasl.com
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