Stroke prevention gets annual push

The Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, yesterday unveiled its annual campaign to help raise awareness of the dangers that strokes pose, titled “9th Guiding Light for Thais: Walk, run, bike and fight strokes”, on Oct 29, World Stroke Day.

The project was launched in 2015 to promote stroke prevention and reduce the cost of treatment for the public, said Dr Wisit Vamwanich, director of Siriraj Hospital, at the press conference.

He added that now more people are interested in health care and aware that exercise can prevent many serious diseases later in life.