Health Minister: Every hour, 6 M'sians suffer stroke
PETALING JAYA: Every hour six people in Malaysia suffer a stroke.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said stroke is a killer and the causes were hypertension, high cholesterol level, diabetes, smoking and obesity.
“It is surprising that a total of about 52,000 Malaysians get a stroke in a year when it is the most preventable of all life-threatening health problems.
“Most of the risk factors for stroke can controlled if people change their lifestyle to doing more exercise,” he said after launching National Stroke Association of Malaysia’s (Nasam) book on Understanding Stroke.
The book, published in Bahasa, Chinese and English, will be widely distributed to educate the public on stroke prevention and what to do in the event of a stroke. He commended NASAM for the publication of Understanding Stroke and educating the public on how to reduce their risk of stroke.
Dr Chua said one of the Ministry’s counter attack strategies on health related diseases like stroke is to organise health promotion activities.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said stroke is a killer and the causes were hypertension, high cholesterol level, diabetes, smoking and obesity.
“It is surprising that a total of about 52,000 Malaysians get a stroke in a year when it is the most preventable of all life-threatening health problems.
“Most of the risk factors for stroke can controlled if people change their lifestyle to doing more exercise,” he said after launching National Stroke Association of Malaysia’s (Nasam) book on Understanding Stroke.
The book, published in Bahasa, Chinese and English, will be widely distributed to educate the public on stroke prevention and what to do in the event of a stroke. He commended NASAM for the publication of Understanding Stroke and educating the public on how to reduce their risk of stroke.
Dr Chua said one of the Ministry’s counter attack strategies on health related diseases like stroke is to organise health promotion activities.
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