The press center of Izvestia International Medical Center is discussing the development of a system for providing care to stroke patients. Broadcast

A press conference by Nikolai Shamalov, Chief freelance neurologist at the Russian Ministry of Health, Director of the Institute of Cerebrovascular Pathology and Stroke at the Federal State Budgetary Institution Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology, is being held at the Izvestia News Center.

The event is timed to coincide with World Stroke Day.

How have the statistics changed in recent years? What risk factors most often lead to stroke? What are the first signs of a stroke that everyone should know? How does the stroke care system work?