Community stories

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.”

Bright spots lit the way to Angels Region status for this dramatically beautiful corner of southern Poland where Angels consultant Kasia Putyło led a nail-biting last-minute sprint to success.

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.

A pre-hospital stroke care workshop in Kuala Lumpur is a bold step toward building a more connected, capable, and stroke-ready Malaysia.

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.

Endurance racing is a test of mental toughness and the ability to manage setbacks. So is establishing a world class service in an under-resourced and frequently overcrowded healthcare setting. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.