Media Release

Udupi, Jun 27: National level Stroke CME was held on June 24 at Dr TMA Pai Hall-2, KMC, Manipal. Recent concepts regarding Neuronal Plasticity / Stem Cell Research, Carotid Stenosis, Thrombolytic Therapy, Stroke Interventions & Mechanical Thrombectomy and Stroke Critical Care were covered by eminent faculty from premier institutes and Indian Stroke Association.

The session was inaugurated by Dr H Vinod Bhat, vice-chancellor, MAHE, and Dr Pragna Rao, dean, was the guest of honour. It was organised under the guidance of chief operating officer C G Muthana and medical superintendent Dr Avinash Shetty.

Inaugurating the Stroke CME, Dr Vinod Bhat said, “Cooperation between Neurosciences and neuro-rehabilitation units is the key to speedy patient recovery, more so in case of patients with episode of stroke.”

Brig (Dr) Shankar Prasad Gorthi HOD, department of Neurology Kasturba Hospital, Manipal said, “Recent trend of research in stroke with stem cell implantation appears promising and may bring in therapeutic application in future. With the advancements, patient with episode of stroke could be treated up to 4.5hours using the intravenous thrombectomy for removal of blood clots or even up to 16 hours using the mechanical thrombectomy for removal of blood clots. Awareness level of the population is still very low and many occasion patients do not reach medical facility for treatment.”

Renowned stroke specialists and neurologists including Dr Kameshwar Prasad (AIIMS), Dr Sylaja P N (SCTIMST, Trivandrum), Dr Dheeraj Khurana (PGI, Chandigarh), Dr Jeyaraj Pandian (CMC, Ludhiana), Dr Vinit Suri (Apollo Hospital, Delhi), Dr Raviannadurai (AF Hospital, Bangalore), Dr Raj Sreenivas (Artimis Hospital, Delhi), Dr Anand Alurkar (Jehangir Hospital, Pune), and Dr Arvind Sharma (Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad) were the resource persons.