The Community allocates more than 23 million for rehabilitation of patients with brain damage reversible.

-Madrid has reduced 50% mortality by ictus from sunset launched a special 2009 plan

Madrid, 2011-September the Council of Government of the community of Madrid has approved to allocatebetween 2011 and 2015, a total of 23.604.900 euros to treat patients with reversible brain damage through 54 for the treatment of rehabilitation with hospital stay and 69 seats for the treatment of rehabilitation at hospital day.

The Vice-President and Minister of culture and sport, Ignacio Gonzalez, explained that this initiative aims to provide rehabilitative treatment to patients with brain damage subsequently surpassed once the acute phase of until his return to the usual household environment, facilitating their social reintegration. Patients begin their treatment by hospital stay, when its clinical situation allows, in day Hospital treatment, prior authorisation from the competent unit of the Madrid health service.

With this new heading the Ministry of health is to strengthen the devices that are available currently for the rehabilitation of brain injury, a resource designed for cases of reversible prognosis, provided a very intensive rehabilitative treatment.

The stroke is one of the most frequent reasons for brain damage. 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 which has allowed a 50% reduction in mortality from this disease. Furthermore, 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 (clinical, La Paz, the Princess, Ramon and Cajal, 12 de Octubre and Gregorio Marañón) for comprehensive care of stroke, operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.