Overview
- Buenos Aires launched a 24-hospital public network to shorten diagnosis and treatment times, added new CT scanners and angio suites, and began a provincial stroke registry that logged about 460 cases in its first three months.
- Jujuy’s Provincial Stroke Network, built on a unified protocol and 107 prenotification, reported international recognition through Angels awards for its hospital and emergency service.
- Hospitals and ministries ran staff trainings and public activations with giant clocks and interactive booths to reinforce rapid symptom recognition and the need to call emergency services rather than self-transport.
- A September Voices survey found that 69% say they know what a stroke is but only 38% feel prepared to act, and many do not know treatments work best within roughly 4.5 hours from symptom onset.
- Clinicians highlighted strict time windows for IV thrombolysis and thrombectomy and reported protocol-driven responses that achieved treatment in under 45 minutes in a documented case, while specialists in Peru warned of rising stroke incidence in younger adults.