Nghe An General Friendship Hospital honored to receive the Diamond Award from the World Stroke Organization for the second consecutive time

During 2 days (August 19-20), the Ho Chi Minh City Stroke Conference 2023 took place successfully. At the conference, the world's leading stroke experts updated the outstanding topics of clinical trials, randomized clinical trials published in 2022 and 2023, including 4 studies on thrombectomy of large cerebral infarct cores in the late window of 6 - 24 hours: RESCUE Japan, SELECT2, ANGEL ASPECT and TESTLA.

Notably, for the first time, there have been two randomized clinical trials in 2023 that have shown positive results in the treatment of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ENRICH and INTERACT3)… These results will significantly change the treatment regimen at stroke centers around the world.

Within the framework of the program, previously, on August 18, the Stroke Quality Management Conference in Vietnam also took place under the chairmanship of Professor Jeyaraj Durai Pandian - President of the World Stroke Organization; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Huy Thang - Vice President of the Vietnam Stroke Association, President of the Ho Chi Minh City Stroke Association and Associate Professor, Dr. Mai Duy Ton - Director of the Stroke Center of Bach Mai Hospital.

At the Stroke Quality Management Conference in Vietnam, units, departments, and stroke centers of hospitals nationwide participating in the Angels Initiative were honored with the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Awards of the World Stroke Organization for stroke quality management.

On this occasion, Nghe An General Hospital was honored to receive the Diamond Award from the World Stroke Organization. Professor Jeyaraj Durai Pandian and Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Huy Thang presented the Diamond Award from the World Stroke Organization to representatives of Nghe An General Hospital, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoa - Deputy Director of the Hospital and Master, Specialist Doctor 2 Le Quang Toan - Director of the Stroke Center, Nghe An General Hospital.

This is the second time in a row,Nghe An General Friendship Hospitalreceived the Diamond Award from the World Stroke Organization.

Speaking about experience in stroke quality management, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoa - Deputy Director of Nghe An General Hospital said: Applying standards on stroke quality management brings many practical benefits, such as helping hospitals assess the current situation of stroke management, thereby setting goals and solutions to continuously improve and maintain quality and effectiveness in stroke management; raising awareness, attitudes and practices of medical staff and the community about stroke; enhancing teamwork skills and networking among doctors and nurses, between departments, rooms and centers in the hospital, between lower and upper level hospitals, between doctors and patients.

According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam records about 200,000 cases each year.stroke, about 50% of which die. Many people are lucky to survive a stroke, but suffer from severe sequelae, even losing the ability to work, creating a burden for their families and society.

Preventing and minimizing the harm caused by stroke, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoa - Deputy Director of Nghe An General Hospital also recommends: When there are signs of suspected stroke such as sudden appearance of crooked mouth, difficulty speaking, weakness in one arm or leg... quickly take the patient to the nearest medical facility that can use measures to revascularize the brain (using intravenous thrombolytic drugs, removing cerebral thrombosis with mechanical devices). Taking the patient to medical facilities that lack measures to revascularize the brain will not help the patient any more but will delay treatment and reduce the patient's chances of survival and recovery.

Doctors at the Stroke Center, Nghe An General Hospital are always ready to listen, answer and advise on issues related to stroke.

The 24/7 hotline number of Nghe An Stroke Center is: 0968.623.337.