PROVE program started in 2015, the registration of stroke continued but followed the WHO Stepwise method instead of WHO/MONICA .Patients are followed up for two years. The corresponding questionnaire covered the patients' demographic data, medical history upon hospital admission, history of comorbidities, medications used prior to the treatment, history of drug abuse, heart and brain imaging, history of blood tests and blood diseases, hospital treatments received, hospitalization complications, medications prescribed at the time of discharge, discharge status and the definite diagnosis of type of stroke according to CT or MRI.