Factors linked to strokes
Oct 24, 2020
3 minutes
CHELSEA GEACH chelsea.geach@inl.co.za
BRENDAN MAGAAR
African News Agency (ANA)
LOCKDOWN has increased South Africans’ risk of stroke and other cardiovascular diseases, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Public health specialist and researcher with the foundation, Professor Pamela Naidoo, said that during lockdown, many people who suffered strokes at home did not go to hospital to seek medical help – and this was seen across the private and public health-care systems.
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