Dr. Haitham Hussein

There's this history that you cannot just ignore. You cannot ignore. And he advised us to just address the elephant in the room and just acknowledge that I know what happened to you and African-Americans. And the second thing you have to do is to commit yourself I am going to be your doctor and I will take care of you. Exactly. You are my responsibility. I'll take care of you.

There's this history that you cannot just ignore. You cannot ignore. And he advised us to just address the elephant in the room and just acknowledge that I know what happened to you and African-Americans. And the second thing you have to do is to commit yourself I am going to be your doctor and I will take care of you. Exactly. You are my responsibility. I'll take care of you.

And with these two things, you can build a trust, build a rapport. You have to acknowledge what happened because what happened is, you know, long history. It's real. It doesn't go away. And it's in the conversations between the family members, you know, from the time when he was a little kid, seeing, you know, how his aunts and uncles and family got sick and how they got treated and everything.

And with these two things, you can build a trust, build a rapport. You have to acknowledge what happened because what happened is, you know, long history. It's real. It doesn't go away. And it's in the conversations between the family members, you know, from the time when he was a little kid, seeing, you know, how his aunts and uncles and family got sick and how they got treated and everything.

You know what he told me one time? Just tell me that you're going to give me the stuff that you give the white guy. I'll be happy with that.

You know what he told me one time? Just tell me that you're going to give me the stuff that you give the white guy. I'll be happy with that.

He's an awesome orator, and he has the ability to shock the audience. Love it.

He's an awesome orator, and he has the ability to shock the audience. Love it.

So the first thing we got to do is make sure that we have a stroke prevention plan.

So the first thing we got to do is make sure that we have a stroke prevention plan.

You don't want another stroke to happen.

You don't want another stroke to happen.

And the stroke prevention plan depends on the reason why the stroke happened in the first place. Okay. So the stroke doctor always has to understand the stroke mechanism. And then the stroke prevention plan is dependent on that understanding. Okay. So that's one thing we don't want people as they recover to have. They have another one. Yeah. Yeah.

And the stroke prevention plan depends on the reason why the stroke happened in the first place. Okay. So the stroke doctor always has to understand the stroke mechanism. And then the stroke prevention plan is dependent on that understanding. Okay. So that's one thing we don't want people as they recover to have. They have another one. Yeah. Yeah.

And then rehab historically has been focused on the physical recovery. And the idea is that if you have weakness of the arm, then you do physical therapy and occupational therapy to restore the strength of the arm and the use of the hand and all of that. And speech therapy if need be. Right, right.

And then rehab historically has been focused on the physical recovery. And the idea is that if you have weakness of the arm, then you do physical therapy and occupational therapy to restore the strength of the arm and the use of the hand and all of that. And speech therapy if need be. Right, right.

And then there's speech therapy for the difficulty with swallowing, which is commonly affected after stroke. as well as difficulty with communication. Speaking can, there is a slurring of the speech that happens often, and there is also the difficulty with expression. that symptom that we call aphasia.

And then there's speech therapy for the difficulty with swallowing, which is commonly affected after stroke. as well as difficulty with communication. Speaking can, there is a slurring of the speech that happens often, and there is also the difficulty with expression. that symptom that we call aphasia.

If someone has an idea in his mind, how can it be translated into words or being able to understand or being able to read and write? And so that's for speech therapy to work on. But the other aspects of rehab that we are getting more and more aware of is the psychological aspect and the cognitive aspect. Okay.

If someone has an idea in his mind, how can it be translated into words or being able to understand or being able to read and write? And so that's for speech therapy to work on. But the other aspects of rehab that we are getting more and more aware of is the psychological aspect and the cognitive aspect. Okay.