WSC 2025 | The use of digital platforms to improve stroke care and outcomes among women in rural areas

I thank the World Stroke Organization for giving me an opportunity because this is one area where technology should be leveraged to the best of the people because even though there may be an urban-rural divide but as far as technology and the smartphones and internet connections are concerned it is at par with the urban areas so we need to leverage that. And for that we have brought out two apps which are free to download. One looks at the portion of connecting when the patient has a stroke immediately connecting to the hospital that is a Stroke Connect app and one is a Stroke Help that looks at the other end of the spectrum that is rehabilitation to see that if the patient gets discharged from the hospital there is integration into the society and to the best level of care that can be done. So both apps need obviously a doctor to first tell them how to use it. The Stroke Help app the physiotherapist or the social worker or any caregiver who is with the patient can download it. Apart from that, we feel that the voice of the patient should be very well heard because the stroke is invisible, but I feel that the conversations around the stroke are invisible and that should be brought out. And we have a Neuro Voice podcast and other platforms where we give a place for the caregivers and patients to voice their concerns, their challenges and how they overcome it so that that becomes an example for other people around.

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