ANGELS INSIGHTS MONTH

For stroke neurologist Prof. Zdravka Poljaković, public advocacy around stroke is not her duty but her reward. “If you have done something in your life, you have earned people’s respect and you can do something with it.”

Teachers are the real heroes of FAST Heroes implementation in Ukraine. It’s their courage and dedication that has sent the country to the top of the leaderboard in more ways than one.

The stroke team at this island hospital chose their first patient with care. It was important for their first thrombolysis to succeed, or all their efforts would come to nought. In July 2019 that patient arrived and within hours everyone knew that Bohol island had a stroke-ready hospital.

Hello everyone! My name is Andrea Torres, and I am part of the Angels Colombia team of consultants.

These images capture the energy, passion and commitment that characterized the seventh annual regional meeting of the stroke community in South America.

Where do you begin when your goal is to make stroke treatment available to a population of over 200 million people? Angels’ consultant Ravish Upadhyay has answered this question as follows: start in one of the world’s oldest cities, target 20 hospitals, and in the space of three years grow the network to 65 and counting.