Stroke Unit

Our Stroke Unit is an acute neurological ward dedicated to providing specialist services for people who have had a stroke. Stroke units have been shown to reduce death and disability through the provision of specialist multidisciplinary care for diagnosis, emergency treatments, normalisation of homeostasis, prevention of complications, rehabilitation and secondary prevention. Regions Stroke and Neuroscience Hospital has 13 dedicated stroke beds, fully equipped with multimodality patient monitoring. Our stroke team which comprises our stroke doctor, stroke trained nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation specialists, social worker and nutritionists work together in a multidisciplinary team to provide the best care for our patients. All stroke patients benefit from provision of high-quality basic medical care and some need high impact specific treatments. While admitted to the stroke unit, our patients undergo treatment and several tests performed to determine the cause of their stroke. Such tests include but are not limited to; CT scan, CT angiogram, MRI, MRA, Transcranial doppler, Prolonged heart rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram with bubble study and several laboratory studies. Most doctors concentrate on getting you better after a stroke.