Deaths from haemorrhagic strokes on the rise in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of deaths from haemorrhagic strokes in Malaysia is increasing, with many patients dying before receiving treatment at hospitals.

Head and Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon at Tunku Abdul Rahman Neuroscience Institute (Iktar), Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Dr Azmi Alias, said that based on National Peri-Operative Mortality Review (POMR) statistics, haemorrhagic strokes had been the leading cause of death since 2019, surpassing brain damage.