Stroke patients should be treated within three hours<\/p>\n
Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
People who suffer from a stroke should be treated by a doctor
\nwithin three hours of experiencing it to enable them to have a
\nbetter chance of recovering, an official said here over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
Indonesian Stroke Foundation (Yastroki) Deputy Chairman
\nHaryono Suyono said that people who had a stroke could be saved
\nfrom death or major brain damage if they were taken to hospital
\nwithin the first three hours.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Jakarta Islamic Hospital, he said that the
\nfoundation planned to hold forums, involving district and
\nsubdistrict chiefs here, to improve their awareness about
\nstrokes.<\/p>\n
\"I have talked with deputy governor for social welfare affairs
\nDjailani on the matter. He agreed with the idea,\" said Haryono,
\nwho is the former coordinating minister for social welfare and
\npoverty alleviation.<\/p>\n
He said Yastroki planned to run major campaigns through the
\nmass media to improve the awareness of Jakarta residents on
\nstroke.<\/p>\n
He said Jakarta would be chosen as a pilot project for such a
\nmedical campaign because the capital city had the largest number
\nof stroke patients among large cities in the country.<\/p>\n
Without mentioning the total number of patients in the city,
\npresident of the Indonesian Neurological Association Samino
\nrevealed that the Cipto Mangunkusumo general hospital received
\nsome 1,000 stroke patients this year, while the Jakarta Islamic
\nhospital had 600 patients.<\/p>\n
\"Some 30 percent of stroke patients could not be saved, mainly
\nbecause they were taken to the hospital too late,\" Samino said.<\/p>\n
Although stroke still features below infectious diseases and
\nheart attacks as a cause of death, Samino said the number of
\nstroke patients here tended to increase every year.<\/p>\n
He said the increase in the number of stroke patients was
\ncaused by an increase in unhealthy habits, such as smoking,
\ndrinking alcohol and the cholesterol contained in food.<\/p>\n
He said strokes were also caused by diabetes, stress,
\nhypertension and cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>",
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