1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk more about stroke awareness, but joining 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: me in the studio not only to talk about Stride 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: for Stroke this month, but some other issues. It is 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Richard Crooks. Good morning to you. 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: Crooksy morning wolf Go. 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: We're really good, lovely to have you in the studio now. Mate, 7 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: Before we talk about Stride for Stroke, I want to 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: ask you. I understand that you were yesterday at the 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: private hospital after your appointment and you decided to have 10 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: a bit of a step back in time, because it 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: is coming up to nearly five years since your stroke. 12 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: You thought you'd retrace some of your steps from when 13 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: you were learning to walk again, from ward to ward, upstairs, downstairs, 14 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: anywhere you could push the damn frame that you were in. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: But a bit of a surprise to you then when 16 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: you were there at the private hospital, tell me what 17 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: you saw? 18 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, mate, Well, as you said, I went there for 19 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: my appointment yesterday and as you know, Stride for Strokes 20 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: coming up for the Stroke Foundation, and I just was 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: feeling a bit down about things, and you know, because 22 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: I've I want to try and do thirty k's and 23 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 2: raised ten thousand dollars and the hard drive wasn't working 24 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,199 Speaker 2: too well. And I just couldn't get in the year. Anyway, 25 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 2: I went seeing, had my appointment and so on, and 26 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 2: then I was about to leave the building and I 27 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 2: was flicking through some photos of you know, back in time. 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: Got to the exit door and then I thought, stuff this, 29 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 2: so I hit that my app on my phone, you know. 30 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 2: I walked the floors and I started walking around downstairs 31 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: where I was back in time, you know memories and yeah, 32 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 2: so you know, I pushed that frame around and around 33 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: and up and down before it could even go anywhere. 34 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: And I did that. The nurses used to get sick 35 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: of me because it was such a busy place anyway. 36 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 2: So yeah, it was a bit dawning while I come across, 37 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: because I all went upstairs and walked around and went 38 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: down and seen a few of the nurses and physio 39 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: is it's still there? And then I sort of took 40 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 2: a bit of a breath and walked back towards the 41 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: Corrella ward, which I spent five months in which most 42 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 2: people know. And as I went to walk into the ward, 43 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 2: it was just darkness. I thought, what's going on here? 44 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: And so what passed the control center, which is the 45 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 2: nurses station, which was right outside my room because I 46 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 2: was in bed seventeen there for five months, and I 47 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: would walk to there and I just had a few 48 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 2: moments and I thought, what the hell's going on is? 49 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: I walked through the whole ward and it's a ghost 50 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: town there. So it's empty, twenty eight empty rooms with 51 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: beds in them, and not one person, not a cleaner, 52 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 2: not a physio, not a nurse, not a doctor, just 53 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: a ghost town. 54 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: What is the go because we got told that it 55 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 1: was on this situation where the maternity ward was classing, 56 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: so obviously there's twenty eight empty rooms, and safe to say, 57 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: you're pretty worried about the fact that there's twenty eight 58 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: empty rooms. So what's happened with the maternity ward or 59 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: what if they said to you. 60 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 2: The maternity ward is now the post ward? 61 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: Yeah? Right? 62 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 2: And the correl Bard is a ghost town. That's twenty 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 2: eight empty rooms and some of their moons can have 64 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 2: two beds in. And I remember when I was in 65 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: there for the five months that they were bringing patients 66 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:44,119 Speaker 2: from the public hospital over into the private hospital when 67 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 2: I was in there that five months because they needed 68 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: the beds. So now we've got twenty eight empty rooms 69 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 2: we've got people double ringing in other rooms in the hospital. 70 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: Plus we've got all these straight pace which I visited 71 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 2: a few yesterday, who could benefit from having their rooms 72 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: for rehabilitation because having a stroke it's quite personal and 73 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: doing everything, because why aren't they Why can't we put 74 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: these stroke patients out there? 75 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 1: Like yeah, And so there's room there, there's space there, 76 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: but the private hospital is choosing not to use it. 77 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: And I dare say it's the people that I own 78 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: the private hospital, not the staff that work in there, 79 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: who I'm sure want Territorians to have that space. 80 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 2: So I'm guessing, well, yeah, well, like I said, there's 81 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: twenty eight empty rooms. What happened to that? All them 82 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 2: nurses which would have been probably eighteen twenty odd houses yep, 83 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 2: plus physios and others specialists, And then you've got people 84 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: who are paying for private cover and they got to 85 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: wait because there's no specialists, or you've got other people 86 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: with any other ailments can't go anywhere because there's no bets. Yeah, well, 87 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 2: what the hell is going on? 88 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: Yeah? Well, I think it's a very good question. And look, 89 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have any idea about it if you hadn't 90 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: come in and told us about it. I'm sure that 91 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: a lot of people listening wouldn't either, So we'll see 92 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: what we can find out. I know Krystal will be listening. 93 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 2: Well, isn't play schooling at the White House? 94 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: Well, that's it is. It is currently underway, yes, at 95 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: the wedding cake. So we'll see what we can find out, 96 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: and you know, definitely try and follow it up. But Crooksy, 97 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk about some of the other stuff 98 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: that you're doing as well. Stride for Stroke. Now it 99 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: is this month, so it's essentially for all of September, 100 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: isn't it Where you are trying how many kilometers are 101 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 1: you trying to walk? 102 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to try and walk thirty as long 103 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: as I've got plenty of assistance along the way, which 104 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: i will have a bit. Yeah, and my aim is 105 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 2: to try and walk thirty k's it's September and try 106 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 2: and raise ten thousand dollars for the Stroke Foundation. So 107 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: I'll be doing a few works with people that join me. 108 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: You can join me when you after the win exactly, Crooxy, 109 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: stop making yourself laugh for you. 110 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,119 Speaker 2: So yeah, so that's the plan. I'm just trying to 111 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: get out there make more awareness because people don't know 112 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 2: what's really going on. Over seven hundred territorins get struck 113 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 2: by a stroke every year every year. Yesterday when I 114 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: had my experience at the hospital and then I went 115 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 2: straight out to the Palmerston and Rehab to catch up 116 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 2: with somebody I know who's had a stroke, and all 117 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: of a sudden, around three other people who had strokes. 118 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 2: Then ment another person had stroke and it's hard for 119 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 2: me because I'm only one person. And they found out 120 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 2: that I created a YouTube channel for physio and stuff 121 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: so people could see, because it's help for their families 122 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 2: to assist so they can see the stuff because the 123 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 2: first three months is detrimental and anyone whos had a 124 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: straight for physio and we haven't enough physios here to 125 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 2: spend four hours a day with each straight patient, which 126 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 2: is so sad. Plus having the rooms from so and 127 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 2: giving the information and what I say on what I 128 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,720 Speaker 2: can do with my shirts and hats and calls for 129 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 2: people to see and people can ring me. I don't 130 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: care what time, and I is. Somebody knows how to stroke, 131 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 2: you know, to help. I'm here. I can't be everywhere, 132 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: but I try and do my best to help people, 133 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: to give them some information about stroke and that's what 134 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 2: they're straight raising money with a straight foundation doing strike 135 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 2: a stroke is to create more awareness and get the 136 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 2: information because they get no support from the government at all. 137 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely all the money he's done by fundraising events. 138 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: Like this, which is incredible. It's so good. So how 139 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: much money did you end up raising last year? 140 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: Well, I end up raising seventeen thousand dollars last year. Yeah, 141 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 2: I was the highest in Australia, the nice individual in Australia. 142 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: So if I could do that again, I'll be, you know, 143 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 2: pretty well staated because that money goes to a lot 144 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 2: of things. Education, which you know is the main thing. 145 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 2: Like what's happening was stroke now because it's fifty percent 146 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:42,359 Speaker 2: of the straight patients are males. Females are still having them, 147 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 2: and young kids is having which is sad. You know 148 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 2: when I go to Adelaide and I visited young kids 149 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: who have had strokes. It affects everyone, it does. Some 150 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: people think, oh, it doesn't affect everyone some people, but yeah, anyone, 151 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: at any time, anybody. 152 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: Can have a stroke. Few messages of support for you 153 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: this morning. One here is saying Richard is a hero. 154 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: That one there from Heidi from the Stroke Foundation. She's 155 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: listening in now. As you said, I'm going on holidays 156 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 1: for two weeks from Friday. But when i'm back, let 157 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: me know if you want to come and have a 158 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: walk before we do the week that was, or if 159 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: you want to do something else. Always happy to try 160 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: and you know, to try and help you to raise awareness. 161 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: However we can Where can people go though, if they 162 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: want to jump online and they want to make a 163 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: donation to you or they want to, you know, to 164 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,720 Speaker 1: just support you in some way. 165 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 2: Ye, or they can message me, or they can go 166 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 2: on to Strive for Stroke web page yelp and then 167 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 2: look for my for my name there, or apparently they're 168 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 2: setting up a Facebook thing for me. Again awesome to 169 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 2: do it, yep, because technology me, my hard drive doesn't 170 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: work as good as you used to. But they're going 171 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 2: to set up that for me. So hopefully that'll be 172 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 2: up and running by the end of the day. And plus, 173 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: oh put it on book face about do some walks 174 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 2: and people good Johinny. I'm still waiting for confirmations. Last 175 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 2: year I did the racetrack and but there's a new 176 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 2: CEO there. So I'm just waiting for him to get 177 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: back to me and as soon as I know that, 178 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 2: we've got to go for that. Hopefully you do two 179 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 2: laps that because I end up doing two laps with 180 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 2: Live Baxter's Legends walk around. So yeah, so yeah, so 181 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 2: you know that's the plan. Otherwise I'll just keep walking 182 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 2: and you can just give me away or two lads, 183 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 2: I'm going down the street. 184 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: I love it, Crooksy mate. Thank you as always for 185 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: coming into the studio for a chat this morning. We'll 186 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: talk to you again throughout this month. Absolutely good stuff. 187 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: Good on your Crooky, Lovely to catch up with you.