 Good morning everyone, I am Dr. Sivanand Pai, Consultant Neurologist KMC Mangalore. Today, we are here making an awareness about stroke. As all of you know, stroke is a medical emergency. It produces significant morbidity and mortality in the patients who suffer this problem. Stroke happens because of the reduction in the circulation to the brain parenchyma or if the blood vessels in the brain rupture. When the blood vessels in the brain rupture, we call it as a hemorrhage. And when there is a block inside the blood vessel which reduces the circulation to the brain parenchyma, it produces ischemic stroke. The early symptoms of recognition can be noted by a mnemonic called BFAST, where patients will have symptoms of B stands for balance problem, I stands for I abnormalities, where they can have double vision, blurring of vision in one eye or both the eyes. F stands for facial deviation, A stands for arm drift, either the leg or the hand weakness can be there. S stands for the speech, where the speech abnormality will be there and T is time is brain. So, it is a time to call, time to reach a place which is fully equipped with the facility to manage stroke. We at KMC Jyoti are geared up for managing the stroke. We work as a team here, we have a good emergency facility here which is well trained for identifying the early symptoms and signs of stroke and we treat the stroke with utmost care and we have got 24-7 neurologist, interventional radiologist, neurosurgeons, emergency physicians to manage this stroke. So, I request any persons developing the symptoms of stroke, BFAST, reach the place where or the center which is fully equipped to manage the stroke in a better manner. Thank you.