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Hospitals Organises an Impactful 4-day Awareness Program for World Stroke Day

Prashanth Hospitalsone of Chennai’s leading multi-speciality hospital, has undertaken a unique program to organise a comprehensive four-day Stroke Prevention Awareness Campaign. This initiative is aligned with ‘World Stroke Day’, celebrated on October 29th, with this year’s theme being ‘Together we can be #GreaterThan stroke.’ Aimed at raising public awareness on stroke prevention, management and timely treatment, the campaign encompassed various edifying activities like mimes and meaningful messages conveyed through placards and banners carried by several volunteers across prime locations in the city.

Dr. Prashanth Krishna, the Managing Director of Prashanth Hospitals, expressed his enthusiasm for this campaign, stating, “We are extremely delighted to organise this very crucial and significant campaign on ‘World Stroke Day’. Stroke has impacted millions of lives in India and across the globe. Handling, treating, and preventing cases of stroke involves a lot of factors like a healthy lifestyle, regular and periodic checkups, proper diet, as well as being aware of the emergency response act and the golden hour concept. As a multi-speciality hospital equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, we are adept at handling multiple emergencies, and one such is for sudden stroke patients. I believe that with the enterprising efforts from our team in engaging with the public on stroke prevention and management, we can definitely aim at educating and empowering the public with the basics of stroke and how to handle and prevent it in the long run.”

Areas like Madhavaram, Puzhal, Anna Nagar, Ambattur, Perambur and Shenoy Nagar witnessed a one-of-a-kind awareness buzz, as commuters in large numbers were in for a visual treat, making a substantial impact on stroke prevention and management. Prashanth Hospitals is committed to addressing this issue through innovative methods, art forms, and informative talks, ensuring people of all ages and backgrounds are well-equipped to prevent and manage different types of strokes.

About Prashanth Hospitals: Prashanth Hospitals is a multidisciplinary hospital that provides sophisticated and dedicated healthcare services by professionally trained experts. Prashanth Super-specialty Hospital at Velachery and Kolathur is one of the best- and well-known multi-specialty hospitals in Chennai. These facilities have well trained and skilled nursing staff who can take good care of the patients. The vision is to become an internationally renowned medical institute by providing excellent health care services to the patients, and the mission is to maintain the trust of the patient by providing good quality of health care. The values on which Prashanth Super-specialty Hospitals functions are quality of care, respect, competence, the effectiveness of the treatment, safety, and creating health awareness among the people. Prashanth Super-specialty Hospitals also provides various health care packages for check-ups and diagnosis of any ailment and their treatments