Glasgow stroke therapy 'among best in Europe'

LIFE-SAVING treatment for people who have suffered strokes in Glasgow has been hailed among the most successful in Europe according to The Scotman Newspaper.

The Southern General Hospital, where the stroke unit gives clot-busting drugs, has been praised in a report issued on the 24th February by the Stroke Association.

Doctors inject a substance called alteplase, which dissolves artery blockages in a process called thrombolysis – nicknamed "the Lazarus effect" as it seems a miracle cure.
Dr Keith Muir, professor of clinical imaging at Glasgow University, said: "This seems to bring people back from the brink; it can save lives and dramatically reduce brain damage." Each year about 12,500 people in Scotland have a stroke. About a third die, a third recover well and a third survive with long-term impairments.