Post-stroke patients need comprehensive, specialized rehabilitation

We are fresh from the publication of the Report on the situation of post-stroke people in Poland. What picture emerges from the data presented?

This situation is actually uninteresting and suboptimal as far as the patients themselves are concerned. We can be happy that we have access to modern treatment in the first phase of strokes, and this is a good thing. On the other hand, what is problematic is the situation of post-stroke patients when they leave the hospital after those 7-10 days and begin their struggle to recover and return to a normal life. We have too little access to comprehensive rehabilitation, there are not enough funds for it. We also don't have a support system dedicated to these patients. They end up in the general system and no one leans into the specifics of this disease, its complexity. These patients are stakeholders in five institutions that do not cooperate with each other in any way. These are: National Health Insurance Fund, Social Insurance Fund, Social Insurance Fund, Regional Disability Assessment Panel and PFRON. There is no such system to guide these patients through what they are entitled to. Our report calls for the introduction of the institution of a stroke...