Debate resumed, on motion by Ms Hall:

That this House:

(1)

notes that:

(a)

National Stroke Awareness Week was 13 to 19 September;

(b)

sixty thousand people will suffer a stroke this year, that is, one stroke every 10 minutes;

(c)

stroke is the second single greatest killer after coronary and a leading cause of disability in Australia;

(d)

one in five people having a first stroke die within one month, and one in three die within one year;

(e)

twenty per cent of all strokes occur in people under fifty five years of age;

(f)

eighty eight per cent of stroke survivors live at home, and most have a disability;

(g)

stroke kills more women than breast cancer;

(h)

stroke costs Australia $2.14 billion a year, yet is preventable; and

(i)

education plays an important role in reducing the occurrence of stroke; and

(2)

acknowledges:

(a)

the role played by the families and carers of stroke victims;

(b)

the work of the National Stroke Foundation;

(c)

the effectiveness of the FAST campaign; and

(d)

that prevention is the best cure.

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