In the first half of this year, the Porto district recorded the highest number of patients (725) with signs of stroke sent to hospitals, followed by Lisbon and Braga with 683 and 261 cases respectively. In terms of hospital departments, the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon received the most suspected cases via Via Verde do AVC (281 entries), followed by the García de Orta Hospital in Almada, where 192 cases were admitted, and the Braga Hospital. Hospital, 173 users. Meanwhile, the National Institute of Emergency Medicine (INEM) reported in the first quarter that only 57% of 3,647 users who went to hospitals with signs of cerebrovascular accident (CVA) contacted line 112 in the first two hours after the onset of symptoms. The first hours after the onset of symptoms are necessary to guarantee the effectiveness of the main treatments, INEM emphasizes, remembering that in the event of a lack of strength in the arm, the side of the mouth and difficulty speaking, users should immediately call 112, the European emergency service. number.