Mysore/Mysuru, Nov. 14 -- Specialists at Manipal Hospital urge citizens to recognise warning signs

Manipal Hospital, Mysore, hosted a special edition of the Manipal Health Summit on stroke awareness recently. The programme focused on the significance of timely intervention and how acting within 4.5 (four hours thirty minutes) hours of first signs of stroke, also called the "Golden Hour" can reverse disability.

Opening the discussion, Dr. A.R. Maqsood Ahmed, Senior Consultant - Neurosurgery, Cerebrovascular & Endovascular Surgery, Manipal Hospital, Mysore, explained how scientific advancements in minimally invasive endovascular stroke treatment have made reversibility possible in many stroke cases, particularly the ischemic strokes.

"St...