The Covid-19 pandemic has made people take care of their health now more than ever before. Interestingly, Mumbai experts point out that among the many different diseases and sicknesses affecting people, there is ongoing research to find the connection between Covid and suffering from a stroke, as there have been people who suffered from the virus who have reported suffering from a stroke. Every year, people observe World Stroke Day on October 29 around the globe. While the disease is known to get more serious as a person gets older, there is also a need to take it seriously. 

Dr Pradyumna Oak, director of Neurology and head of the Stroke Unit at Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital in the city, explains, “A stroke is a medical emergency signified by the sudden interruption or reduction of blood supply to a part of the brain. This deprivation of oxygen and nutrients can lead to the death of over two million of brain cells per minute.” Dr Shirish M Hastak, regional director of Neurology, Stroke & Neurocritical Care at Global Hospital adds that there are as many as 4,000 cases of stroke reported in India per day.

Keeping the nature of stroke in mind, mid-day.com spoke to the doctors to simplify the disease, which is called a cerebrovascular accident. They not only dwell on the causes and effects but also on how people and civic authorities around them can help them deal with it.