Health Minister Ted Flemming says the TeleStroke program will use telecommunications equipment to link emergency department physicians to an on-call neurologist.
The on-call neurologist can offer advice such as when to administer t-PA, a drug which reduces blood clots.
The Department of Health is working with Horizon Health Network, Vitalité Health Network, Ambulance New Brunswick, FacilicorpNB and the Heart and Stroke Foundation to put the program in place by the end of 2014. For more information click here
