Letters to the Editor: When it comes to a stroke it pays to act FAST

Minutes make all the difference

In Ireland today 7,500 are hospitalised due to stroke each year, with one-in-four under 65.

Stroke is a brain attack and minutes matter. The faster you get to hospital the more of the person you save. A stroke kills 2m brain cells every minute and yet the symptoms of stroke can be completely reversed if you get to treatment within the first few hours.