Saturday, February 22, 2014

Tsunami of stroke

Its coming and no one is prepared. The existing number of neurologists and therapists will not be able to handle the workload coming. Two possibilities;
1. We just discharge them to home and instruct the caretakers like India is testing right now.
2. We revamp everything because we have figured out how to stop the neuronal cascade of death, that results in vastly less disability and the existing stroke infrastructure can handle that.
Anyone having a stroke in future years is totally screwed. Tell your parents right now to prepare to die or be disabled if they have a stroke because there is no planning or strategy  for stroke.
Tsunami statement came from  
The tsunami and stroke; two killer waves.

International Journal of Stroke

 February 2006
So 8 years and I bet nothing has been done. An example of nothing is the 

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