"How many people have to die/be disabled before we do something?"

I see no fucking reason to be polite to our stroke medical 'professionals', they seem to be swimming in incompetency.
An extremely effective question for your doctor, stroke hospital president and board of directors. What is the 30-day death rate for stroke survivors at your hospital? What is the neuronal death rate per minute at your stroke hospital? No knowledge of either of these answers should be subject to keel-hauling.