Indian Stroke Association starts Mission Brain Attack from Varanasi

Varanasi, May 12 (HS). Indian Stroke Association (ISA) launched Mission Brain Attack from Varanasi on Sunday. This campaign will soon be spread across the country. In the campaign, “Each One-Teach One” program was organized by the organization in a starred hotel located at Nadesar. In this, patients who recovered from brain stroke, along with their family members, Association President Dr. Nirmal Surya, Secretary Dr. Arvind Sharma, Prof. of BHU. Vijaynath Mishra, Dr. Abhishek Pathak, Dr. Avinash Chandra Singh spoke.

Chairman Dr. Surya said that if one person starts making one person aware, it will be successful to a great extent. He said that there are only 3500 neurologists in the country, hence it is necessary for the public to be aware. He told that in this campaign we are also training physicians. Explaining the treatment protocol for stroke. He said that if a paralyzed patient reaches a center which has the facility of CT scan within four and a half hours of the attack and through the scan we identify the affected area of ​​the brain and give injections to thin the blood, then 85 percent Till then we save the patient from getting affected. If the patient is in a remote village or is paralyzed while sleeping and was not detected and comes within 24 hours, then his affected body part is improved through “rehabilitation”. Dr. Nirmal Surya said that there are three main reasons behind stroke. Blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol. Be alert if elders in your family suffer from stroke. Along with keeping blood pressure, sugar and cholesterol under control, weight will have to be reduced. Alcohol and tobacco will also have to be given up. Association Secretary Dr. Arvind Sharma said that coordination will also have to be made with the World Stroke Organization under “Mission Brain Attack”. Our aim is that the patients reach the hospital as soon as possible. He said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Ayushman Yojana, blood thinners are available free of cost but only 1 percent people are able to take advantage of it. There is lack of awareness. He said that the treatment of a paralyzed patient in a village is more complicated than in a city because at first they are not able to recognize and when they are recognized, there is a delay in reaching the hospital. Therefore, wherever CT scan machines have been installed in rural areas during the time of Covid, we will train the physicians there.