Overview
- Hospitals and health ministries staged trainings and public campaigns from Córdoba to Mendoza and Mar del Plata, using interactive booths and countdown clocks to stress rapid action.
- Clinicians reiterated time-dependent care: intravenous thrombolysis is effective within about 4.5 hours, and selected patients can undergo mechanical thrombectomy up to 6–24 hours with advanced imaging.
- Experts quantified the urgency as roughly 2 million neurons lost per minute and about a 4% drop in mortality for every 15 minutes saved, underscoring immediate calls to emergency services.
- Surveys reported high self‑perceived awareness but limited readiness to act, with many people unaware of symptom rules or the need to prioritize stroke‑ready centers over the nearest facility.
- Health‑system readiness featured 24/7 stroke units and coordinated provincial networks, including Córdoba’s 24‑hospital ACV network and Mendoza’s provincial program, alongside local burden estimates of thousands of cases a year.