Community stories

They live in different cultures, and in different time zones, but they have both felt the impact of stroke in their families, and are dedicated to giving stroke patients a second chance at life. We asked SOL PLAMENATZ, Angels team leader for Ecuador and Peru, to nominate a fellow consultant and ask her 10 questions. Sol nominated BAYAN ALFOQHA, Angels consultant in Jordan, who responded with questions of her own. Here is their conversation:

In the middle of a war, in a city under attack, one hospital is winning a battle of its own. By renewing its commitment to quality monitoring, Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital achieved two ESO Angels diamond awards.

April 2023 marks one year since the Angels Initiative received a warm welcome from the stroke community in Greece. A landmark meeting that took place around the halfway mark gave impetus to the advancement of stroke care quality in Europe’s second-oldest population.

The initial goal at this hospital in North Sumatra was to reduce their door-to-needle time to below 60 minutes. It took them just six months to reach an average door-to-needle time of 19 minutes and win the first of two WSO Angels diamond awards.

Zydus Hospital in Ahmedabad, India, holds eight WSO Angels diamond awards. Here, Dr Arvind Sharma, head of the hospital’s neurology department and WSO board member, discusses how quality monitoring helped them identify and address a gap in patient care.

Pâmela Godoy is an Angels consultant in Brazil. In January 2023, a surprise phone call showed her what it really means to leave your legacy. Now she wants others to know.