A national audit of 33 hospitals across Australia has found Aboriginal people who suffer a stroke are less likely to receive life saving care than non-Indigenous people.
The audit was conducted for the National Stroke Foundation in 2009… and found that Aboriginal people aged between 18 and 64 were three times as likely to die or be dependent after being discharged from hospital following stroke.
It found that Aboriginal people are 30 per cent less likely to be treated in the specialist area of a hospital and are less likely to receive aspirin within 48 hours..And of the 80 Aboriginal patients in the study… none had been given clot-busting medication.
Florey Neuroscience Institutes Director Professor Geoffrey Donnan spoke to Nerida Currey on Strong Voices…explaining what this means on a grassroots level, and shares his professional opinion and views.
15.02 Professor Geoffrey Donnan – Stroke
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