Documentary Of FASTHEROES Campaign In Southern Brazil

Dr Francesca Romana Pezzella, new chair of the SAP-E, is building her legacy out of concrete actions delivered with compassion. She says (and the stroke community agrees): “I’m the kind of person who doesn’t step back.”

In her work as an Angels consultant, she see multiple cases where, thanks to good good practices implemented in clinics, hospitals, and ambulance teams, patients have been given a new lease on life, writes Andrea Torres. This is one of them.

When SAFE president Harriet Proios says, “Every stroke survivor who turns their struggle into strength for others are my heroes,” it’s people like George Scola she’s thinking of.