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STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T..R ...
My friend sent this to me ...and encouraged me to post it and spread the word. I agree. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks.
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance)
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.)
She had suffered a stroke at the party . Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.
Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It only takes a minute to read this...
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Remember the '3' steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster.
The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions :
S * Ask the individual to SMILE ..
T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg 'It is sunny out today').
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS .
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
NOTE : Another 'sign' of a stroke is
1. Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue.
2. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is also an indication of a stroke.
A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this status shares it; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.......
21 February 2012
Iran to pay in Indian rupee for imports
Iran to pay in Indian rupee for imports
NEW DELHI: Indian exporters will be able to receive payments in the restricted rupee currency for sales to Iran within two weeks, the chief of India's top exporters' body said yesterday, as New Delhi puts a mechanism in place to maintain trade despite US sanctions.
About $3 billion in Iranian import arrears have accumulated since December 2010, Federation of Indian Export Organisations president M Rafeeque Ahmed said, when a previous payment conduit was closed under pressure from Washington, which is using sanctions to try to stop Tehran's suspected nuclear programme.
"The government has told us the mechanism for payment in rupee (to Indian exporters) will be in place in two weeks," Ahmed said.
"Between December 2010 and January 2012 we have sent goods worth about $3bn and almost all of it is stuck."
Ahmed is taking part in government negotiations to find a solution to the payment problems that have hit trade between the two countries after US sanctions on dollar deals. His organisation is a quasi-government body set up by the trade ministry.
Indian oil importers have been paying for around $11bn a year of crude since the middle of 2011 through Turkey's Halkbank, but this route would have been expensive for Iranian importers given sharp falls in the rial.
India was Tehran's second-biggest crude customer last year after China and Iranian oil accounts for about 12 per cent of its needs.
Most of the Iranian arrears are for imports of iron and steel ($623m), chemicals ($453m) and cereals ($419m), machinery ($143m) and pharmaceuticals ($87m), Ahmed said.
Indian rice suppliers have also reported defaults by Iranian buyers and have said they are owed at least $144m.
With payments for oil through Halkbank now looking vulnerable to fresh sanctions, India and Iran have agreed to settle 45pc of this trade in rupees and boost exports to narrow their trade gap.
NEW DELHI: Indian exporters will be able to receive payments in the restricted rupee currency for sales to Iran within two weeks, the chief of India's top exporters' body said yesterday, as New Delhi puts a mechanism in place to maintain trade despite US sanctions.
About $3 billion in Iranian import arrears have accumulated since December 2010, Federation of Indian Export Organisations president M Rafeeque Ahmed said, when a previous payment conduit was closed under pressure from Washington, which is using sanctions to try to stop Tehran's suspected nuclear programme.
"The government has told us the mechanism for payment in rupee (to Indian exporters) will be in place in two weeks," Ahmed said.
"Between December 2010 and January 2012 we have sent goods worth about $3bn and almost all of it is stuck."
Ahmed is taking part in government negotiations to find a solution to the payment problems that have hit trade between the two countries after US sanctions on dollar deals. His organisation is a quasi-government body set up by the trade ministry.
Indian oil importers have been paying for around $11bn a year of crude since the middle of 2011 through Turkey's Halkbank, but this route would have been expensive for Iranian importers given sharp falls in the rial.
India was Tehran's second-biggest crude customer last year after China and Iranian oil accounts for about 12 per cent of its needs.
Most of the Iranian arrears are for imports of iron and steel ($623m), chemicals ($453m) and cereals ($419m), machinery ($143m) and pharmaceuticals ($87m), Ahmed said.
Indian rice suppliers have also reported defaults by Iranian buyers and have said they are owed at least $144m.
With payments for oil through Halkbank now looking vulnerable to fresh sanctions, India and Iran have agreed to settle 45pc of this trade in rupees and boost exports to narrow their trade gap.
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