The status of acute stroke care in Saudi Arabia: an urgent call for action!

Stroke care in Saudi Arabia lags behind developed countries with only one active stroke centre and seven centres providing thrombolysis out of >350 hospitals nationally; only two hospitals have a stroke team with implemented triaging pathways and beeper system. Via phone interview, we approached 83 neurologists and asked their opinion on stroke care practiced in Saudi Arabia. The study was approved by IRB.