Community stories

Malaysia’s first Angels Region is centred around an old tin mining town and the oldest hospital in the country where public-spirited leadership is shaping a progressive and inclusive community.

Love is the engine and health equity the goal. These are what drives neurosurgeon and stroke champion Dr Peter Waweru’s fight to deliver better stroke care for all.

Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, despite being the largest tertiary-care referral center for Northeast India, did not offer specialized, guideline-driven acute stroke care. But then Angels consultant Nilotpol Kumar arrived, carrying with him both a professional mission and personal resolve.

In February 2025, Ituverava officially became the eighth Cidade Angels in Brazil, and the first Angels Region in the world that relies on telemedicine to provide round-the-clock care to their citizens. Dr Luiz Monteiro de Barros Neto explains how telestroke shaped the evolution of stroke care at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Ituverava.

At this history-making hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico, the ultimate reponsibility for managing acute stroke rests with a service-driven superhero intent on sharing his knowledge with the world.

A specialist hospital in Italy, that focuses research and care on its most vulnerable population, has adopted a stroke pathway equal to the challenges of complex decision making.