The
Saudi Advisory Group Against Stroke was established following an
understanding among number of physicians and specialists, who are concerned
with stroke issues in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was following 3
successful meetings and the January, 2002 annual conference of the Saudi
Heart Association, that SAGAS was officially launched.
Since then, the activities of this group started to be practiced. This
periodical in your hand is the one of the priority that SAGAS put it on its
agenda.
The Group website has also been launched with
the URL “www.sagas.org.sa”
The group has started its serial educational activity with a satellite
symposium, that took place in Riyadh during the annual Saudi Heart
Association Conference in January 2002 and is sharing with a satellite
symposium during the 11th Neuroscience
Symposium in Jeddah, March 2002.
The Group has also been hosted by the Saudi TV, during February 2002, where
stroke issues in the Kingdom were discussed in the channel l medical
program, presented by Dr T. Sabbagh.
The Group is going to meet again in March 2002 in the city of Dammam
SAGAS is looking forward to establish its self on solid grounds, and than
start to liaise with other well known groups in the Kingdom, so the goals of
this group can be fulfilled.
