‘Paralysis avoidable in stroke patients’
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April 20, 2021
A model demonstrates Toyota Motor Corp s rehabilitation robot Welwalk WW-1000, designed to aid in the rehabilitation of individuals with lower limb paralysis, in Tokyo, Japan April 12, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
RAWALPINDI:
Dr Asif, a renowned cardiologist at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC), has said body paralysis can be avoided if the patient is shifted to hospital for treatment within two to five hours after suffering a stroke.
“If anyone suffers a paralysis attack, the patient must be shifted to the hospital within two to three hours as body paralysis can be prevented through initiating the latest treatment and techniques,” he told APP. In addition to 24/7 primary PCI for STEMI (emergency angioplasty for heart attack), he said the institute had now started round-the-clock acute ischemic stroke intervention including TPA (clot bursting medic
Paralysis can be avoided with timely treatment
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