"This is similar to the national thrombolysis rate of 7 per cent in Australia (2012), but lower than 9.1 per cent in England (2011)." These account for 80-85 per cent of the 9000 strokes that occur each year in New Zealand. But in the 2015 data, only 30 per cent of patients receiving clot-busting therapy got it within an hour of arrival to hospital. The national median time from stroke onset to arrival at hospital was 72 minutes. The number of stroke victims to get clot-busting injections has grown greatly, but treatment times remain well outside the recommended "golden hour" for reducing the risk of disability, a study has found.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2016 17:03 UTC