Deans' stroke musings: Life Groenkloof earns Diamond Status for stroke treatment

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.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Life Groenkloof earns Diamond Status for stroke treatment

Not much of an honor! 'Care' NOT RECOVERY!

ASK SURVIVORS WHAT THEY WANT, THEY'LL NEVER RESPOND 'CARE'! This tyranny of low expectations has to be completely rooted out of any stroke conversation!

Life Groenkloof earns Diamond Status for stroke treatment

This recognition is the highest honour a stroke-ready hospital can receive.

Life Groenkloof Hospital in the east of Pretoria achieved Diamond status at the World Stroke Organization (WSO) Angels Awards for the third quarter of 2024.

This recognition is the highest honour a stroke-ready hospital can receive and underscores Life Groenkloof’s commitment to quality stroke patient care(NOT RECOVERY!) and outcomes.

The WSO Angels Awards aim to:

– Support the global improvement of stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!).

– Acknowledge and elevate best practices in stroke treatment.

– Facilitate the sharing of knowledge around implementing high-quality stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!).

Life Groenkloof Hospital is committed to continuously improving the quality of stroke treatments it provides to patients.

Specialist neurologists in stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) at the hospital manage the initial patient admission and acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) until the patient is stabilised.

This is followed by admission to the neurology unit, staffed by a comprehensive interdisciplinary team, for intensive rehabilitation of physical, functional, cognitive, and emotional problems arising from the stroke.

Family education and detailed report-backs to all parties form part of the service.

Following discharge from hospital outpatient therapy is continued by therapists to ensure that stroke sufferers regain their quality of life and functionality as far as possible after a stroke.

Life Groenkloof Hospital’s multi-disciplinary team is committed to working together to care(NOT RECOVERY!) for stroke patients during their emergency management, treatment, care(NOT RECOVERY!) and comprehensive functional rehabilitation journey.

Strokes can strike anyone – not just older persons. Most strokes are treatable, but seconds count. If you or a loved one are experiencing any stoke symptoms – get to a hospital emergency unit as quickly as possible, checking the patient with a F.A.S.T. test.

How to do the F.A.S.T. test:

Face: Ask the patient to smile. Is one side of the face drooping?

Arm: Ask the patient to lift their arms. Is one arm weaker than the other?

Speech: Ask the patient to read a sentence out loud. Is their speech slurred?

Time: If the patient has even one symptom, it could be an indicator of a stroke and it is time for a doctor to examine the patient.

Neurologist Dr Wiebren Duim said a patient who develops these symptoms must seek medical attention swiftly.

“Scientific studies show that patients who are diagnosed with a stroke within four hours of the onset of symptoms have improved outcomes, especially in terms of reversing disability,” said Dr Duim.