About 40% of them are below the age of 60, Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. Dr Noor Hisham said stroke posed a big challenge to Malaysian healthcare services with at least 32 deaths per day. “Seven out of 10 stroke survivors are activities of daily living (ADL) dependents and only three are back to normal after treatment,” he said. At present, said Dr Noor Hisham, all state hospitals nationwide have at least one neurologist, except for Kedah and Perlis. Dr Noor Hisham said the setting up of stroke units and stroke specialist centres would help in the rehabilitation of stroke survivors.

Source: The Star April 20, 2019 21:33 UTC