ICMR hands over two Mobile Stroke Units to Assam
ICMR handed over two Mobile Stroke Units to the Government of Assam, after a North-East model cut stroke treatment time from about 24 hours to 2 hours.
Summary
The Indian Council of Medical Research handed over two Mobile Stroke Units (MSUs) to the Government of Assam, taking stroke care to patients in rural and difficult terrain. ICMR DG Rajiv Bahl said India is the second country globally to report successful integration of an MSU with emergency medical services for treating rural acute ischaemic stroke patients. The ICMR model in the North-East, involving a neurologist-led stroke unit at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, cut treatment time from nearly 24 hours to about 2 hours, reduced deaths by one-third and disability eightfold.
Key facts
- Handed over
- Two Mobile Stroke Units to Government of Assam
- By
- ICMR (DG Dr Rajiv Bahl)
- Global first-tier
- India second country to integrate an MSU with emergency services for rural ischaemic stroke
- Results
- Treatment time 24 h → ~2 h; deaths down one-third; disability down eightfold
- Hub
- Neurologist-led stroke unit at Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh
Practice MCQs 2 questions
According to ICMR, India is which country globally to report successful integration of a Mobile Stroke Unit with emergency medical services for treating rural acute ischaemic stroke patients?
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Correct answer: D — Second
PIB (Health): ICMR DG Rajiv Bahl said India is the second country globally to report such integration.
ICMR's Mobile Stroke Unit model in North-East India reduced stroke treatment time from nearly 24 hours to about:
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Correct answer: B — 2 hours
PIB (Health): the model reduced treatment time from nearly 24 hours to about 2 hours, cut deaths by one-third and disability eightfold.