Telestroke Outcomes and Challenges in a Lower-Middle-Income Country: Experience from the Swasthya Ingit Telestroke Program of West Bengal, India
Telemedicine in stroke care has enabled thrombolysis in remote and resource-limited areas. Our study further emphasizes the effectiveness of telemedicine in increasing access to stroke reperfusion therapy in a lower-middle-income country. However, limited awareness prevents many ischemic stroke patients from receiving timely treatments like thrombolysis due to delayed arrival at equipped centers. Stroke awareness campaigns are crucial for the optimal utilization of a telestroke network.
Authors
- Avijit Naskar
- Uddalak Chakraborty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-6289)
- Gautam Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8401-7875)
- Priyanka Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2086-1743)
- Prasenjit Majumdar
- Asit K. Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9332-4298)
- Manimoy Bandopadhyay
- Debabrata Pulai
- Snehasis Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-9269)
- Debasis Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8281-4400)
- Rabiul Alam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9038-6546)
- Dipanjan Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2325-0646)
- Souvik Sen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7149-5376)
- Arnab Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-4724)
- Subhendu Naskar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9824-2555)
- Aniruddha Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-0583)
- A. Dutta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8367-2150)
- Ashutosh P. Jadhav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9454-0678)
- Bichitra Biswas
- Biman Kanti Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-8370)
- Subhadeep Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2407-2741)
- Diptak Bhowmick
- Chayan Mondal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3871-1065)
- Barun Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4669-8550)
- Jeyaraj Durai Pandian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0028-1968)
- Sanat Kumar Jatua
- Ankita Maria Paul
- Sujoy Sarkar
- Chinmoy Barik
- Rahul Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0055)
- Amit K. Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5279-3685)
- Somnath Ghosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9044-0311)
- Debabrata Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-9235)
- Susanta Chakrabarty
- Amit Kumar Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9282-6779)
- Biswajit Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5858-9004)
- Jishnu Bhattacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-2650)
- Soumya Ghosh
- Nitai Chandra Mandal
- Shashvat Desai
- Subhransu Sekhar Datta
- Kaushik Pal
- Snehansu Shekhar Samanta
- S Saren
- Binod Das
- S. Datta
- Amit Dutta
- Samiran Misra
- Soumozit Banerjee
- Kalyan Kumar Das (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4697-6466)
Institutions
- Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (IN)
- Midnapore Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Patna University (IN)
- College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital (IN)
- Raiganj University (IN)
- Bangur Institute of Neurosciences (IN)
- Canning College (AU)
- Government General Hospital (IN)
- Government of West Bengal (IN)
- Mohammad Ali Jauhar University (IN)
- Diamond Harbour Women's University (IN)
- North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Vidyasagar University (IN)
- Surya Hospitals (IN)
- Government Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Bishop Veterinary Hospital (US)
- Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (IN)
- University of Fukui Hospital (JP)
- Christian Medical College (IN)
- Shree Krishna Hospital (IN)
- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (IN)
- HonorHealth (US)
- College of Medicine & JNM Hospital (IN)
- Narayan Medical College and Hospital (IN)
- Thai Moogambigai Dental College and Hospital (IN)
- S.R. Kalla Memorial Gastro and General Hospital (IN)
- Siloam Eye Hospital (KR)
- Hospital de Base (BR)
- Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000548264
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00