Hi !

Thank you VERY MUCH for supporting our petition to request Ministry of health and family welfare to increase stroke awareness in India.

Public data shows :
- About every two seconds someone suffers a stroke and about every five seconds someone dies from a stroke – regardless of age or gender !
– Second leading cause of death amongst persons above 60 years of age
– 5th leading cause of death amongst 15-59-year-old population
– Leading cause of disability worldwide
– 17 million people worldwide suffer a Stroke each year of which 6.2 million will die and 5 million will remain permanently disabled.
- 70% or more of Strokes occur in lower and middle income countries including India.

YET it has taken about two months for only about 100 people to sign  this petition ! Which shows just how unaware the Indian general populace is of the grave risks of stroke. And how little the public authorities are doing to increase this awareness.

So it is upto us to do the utmost we can so that finally the 'powers that be' take note and add in to our efforts.

Please do forward this message by all means - e-mail, WhatsApp, FB posts etc. to reach the maximum people so that they understand the gravity of the problem and can help themselves as well as people around them be more safe. Besides, please DO encourage them to sign the petition at :

http://chng.it/pfNcg7nc

Which also provides various means for all concerned with Stroke to come together and  offer mutual support, advice and encouragement.

We also have a video on youtube in Hindi for basic information on Stroke. You can find it at :

https://youtu.be/mLS5cLfjfA4

It is time for the stroke affected people in India to find their voice. Please help them towards that . Thank you very much.