The community guarantees 123 seats for the rehabilitation of people with brain damage.

the contract has been awarded by 21 million euros, almost 9% less than the amount of bidding.

-A total of 54 seats are of hospital stay and the other 69 are in day hospital

Spain, March 2012.- the Council of Government awarded last Thursday to the Fundación Instituto San José (order of St. John God)A.L.M Univass S.L (brain Rehab San Vicente) and the Hospital La Beata Maria Ana of Jesus, amounting to 21.5 million euros, the contract to treat patients with reversible brain damage through 54 for the treatment of hospital stay rehabilitation and 69 seats for the treatment of rehabilitation in day hospitalbetween 2011 and 2015.

This amount is almost 9% less from the budget of tendering, which was EUR 23.6 million. Thus, the community has saved a total of 2.063.422 euros in the approved budget.

This initiative aims to provide rehabilitation treatment to patients with brain damage subsequently, after the acute phase and until its return to the usual household environment, facilitating their social reintegration.

Patients begin their treatment by hospital stay, when his clinical situation allows, to the day Hospital treatment, prior authorisation from the competent unit the Madrid health service.

With this new heading, the Ministry of health comes to reinforce the devices that are available now for the rehabilitation of brain damage, a resource designed for those cases of reversible prognosis, provided a very intensive rehabilitative treatment.

One of the most frequent reasons for brain damage are the ictus. It’s brain-vascular accidents that can occur at any age, but the exponential increase in the incidence occurs from the age of 65. The community of Madrid launched in 2009 a specific stroke Plan in collaboration with the Association Madrileña of Neurology allowing a 50 per cent reduction in mortality from this disease. in addition, the community of Madrid has the lowest national rate in mortality from brain-vascular disease (12 per 100,000 inhabitants).

The community of Madrid has six centres trained for comprehensive care of stroke, operating 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, (clinical, La Paz, La Princess, Ramon and Cajal, 12 de Octubre and Gregorio Marañón).