1,742 strokes treated. 716 more than any NYS hospital.*

*2010 SPARCS Data

Get to Gates

The Stroke Care Center Team at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital is ready
24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take care of you with our:

• Renowned Neurosurgeons and Neurologists
• State-of-the-art technology for diagnosis and treatment
• Multidisciplinary team trained in stroke care

• Sudden weakness, paralysis or numbness
  of the face, arm and leg on one or both
  sides of the body.
  
  
• Sudden loss of speech or difficulty speaking or understanding speech.
  
  
• Sudden dimness or loss of vision, particularly in only one eye.
  
  
• Sudden unexplained dizziness (especially when associated with other neurologic symptoms), unsteadiness or sudden falls.
  
  
• Sudden severe headache and/or loss of consciousness.

If you or someone you know is having these signs, CALL 911 and seek medical help immediately.

1. Designated Primary Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health since 2005.


2. American Stroke Association, Get with the Guidelines-Stroke, Gold Plus Achievement Award, 2010.


3. The Stroke Care Center at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital achieved Disease-Specific Care Certification for Acute Stroke from Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, Inc.
   
   
   • Only hospital in Western New York to achieve this certification.
   • Less than 1% of the 5,700 hospitals in the United States have received this certification.
   • The Joint Commission evaluated the hospital on its compliance with the Joint Commission’s state-of-the-art national standards and performance measurement expectations for the management of chronic care illnesses.
   • Taken into account was physician and staff skill in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of stroke victims.
   
   "This designation recognizes the full continuum of care provided by the many areas of the hospital that comprise the Stroke Care Center", said Tamara Owen, president of Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital. "The accreditation process is a comprehensive independent evaluation of the stroke care that we provide in Western New York."