Community stories

In northeast Brazil, the Angels team took the FAST Heroes campaign to some of the country’s most vulnerable communities and came away inspired. Here they share their experience.

In Mendoza in Argentina we raise our glasses to a telestroke success story involving two doctors – one who had the misfortune of suffering a stroke, and one who had the privilege of treating him.

Community awareness was the focus during October when the Angels team in Vietnam co-hosted two high-profile events at a leading center for stroke treatment in Ho Chi Minh City.

For Castilla-La Mancha, steeped in history and fiction, the goal of becoming an Angels Region could seem larger than life – until you find out there’s a plan.

From the shores of the Brahmaputra River in India to a small Malaysian town that can only be reached by boat, you will find people whose goal is to give stroke patients a second chance at life, writes Jan van der Merwe in this year's WSC edition of The Angels Journey.

Ecuador is bursting with pride over its first EMS Angels Award for excellence in prehospital stroke care. Dr Verónica Pacheco maps out their journey to international recognition.