Stroke awareness campaign 3/3/13
The chief of Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS), David Clark, will be in the Western Isles to promote a stroke awareness campaign later this month.
Around 80 islanders are affected by a stoke every year. It is the third biggest killer in Scotland after heart disease and cancer.
It claims the lives of one in eight women and one in 10 men and leaves thousands more with some form of permanent disability.
In the Western Isles, there is growing evidence that people are now able to recognise a stroke when it’s happening.
NHS Western Isles and CHSS are launching the latest campaign a week Monday linking in with a local stroke group to help raise awareness.
The campaign highlights that stroke is a brain attack. You can’t see the damage it causes but emergency treatment can make all the difference to the chances of making the best possible recovery.