Province announces new stroke unit at HSC - Winnipeg Manitoba

You can see from the start that they have accepted the tyranny of low expectations. Improve patient outcomes, WHAT A PILE OF SHIT.  You will need to scream at these 'professionals'. The goal is to deliver stroke rehab results, 100% recovery, you blithering idiots.  THIS is why survivors need to be in charge, we wouldn't stand for such crapola.

Province announces new stroke unit at HSC - Winnipeg Manitoba

The province has announced a new 28-bed unit for stroke patients at Winnipeg’s largest hospital, the first of its kind in Manitoba.
The dedicated acute stroke unit is intended to improve patient outcomes and create shorter stays in hospital, Health Minister Cameron Friesen said on Tuesday. Improved outcomes and shorter stays mean reduced costs, as well.
At the moment, the province is the only in Canada without an acute stroke unit.
“Research shows an acute stroke unit can reduce the likelihood of death and disability by as much as 30% for men and women of any age with mild, moderate and severe strokes,” Friesen said. “This new, centralized unit will help prevent stroke complications, reduce patient length of stay and improve the availability of acute care beds for other patients across our health system.”

Dr. Perry Gray, provincial lead, medical specialist services, and chief medical officer Shared Health Services, at a media event at the Health Sciences Centre, in Winnipeg. Tuesday. Winnipeg Sun/Chris Procaylo SunMedia

Friesen said an acute stroke unit is considered a leading practice across Canada for the treatment, management and rehabilitation of stroke patients.
“These types of units are credited with preventing stroke complications and recurrence, speeding up recovery time and ensuring early rehabilitation therapy,” he said. “Care is provided in a central location dedicated to the management of stroke patients. A trained team of inter-professional staff, including stroke neurologists, hospitalists, physiatrists and rehabilitation specialists, work together to deliver early, intensive care.”
Around 2,000 Manitobans suffer a stroke each year.
“Acute stroke care has three windows of therapy including clot busting, clot removal and early intensive rehabilitation therapy,” said Dr. Perry Gray, provincial lead, medical specialist services and chief medical officer with Shared Health. “Clot busting is available in a number of emergency departments and hospitals across the province and clot removal is performed in specialized radiology suites located at HSC. However, Manitoba has been missing the third component until now. With the creation of an acute stroke unit, Manitoba stroke patients will have access to the full range of therapies required to maximize recovery.”
The cost of the project will be subject to the tendering process. The unit will be located in the Women’s Pavilion. Construction is set to begin in December once staff, equipment and programming are relocated. Building upgrades will include heating, ventilation, lighting, asbestos removal, an upgraded nurse call system, new sprinklers and new elevators.