The
18th Annual Congress of the Philippines Stroke Society was held from
August 17-19, 2017 in Dumaguerte, Philippines. The event provided a focal point
for the delivery of the WSO Philippine Stroke Society joint education project
"Cardinal Principles of Stroke Care and Management".
Prof.
Michael Brainin (WSO), Dr. Epiphania
Collantes (President, Philippines Stroke Society), and Prof. Rhomy Esagunde (President, Philippine
Neurological Society) handed over 200 diplomas following the event.
WSO
has been working closely with PSS to deliver stroke education to a large cohort
of clinicians. Since the inception of this program last year, more than 1100
have completed this joint-program which is scheduled to continue for another
three years.