Core tip: According to the latest information, stroke has become the number one “killer” in people’s lives: on average, 9 out of every 100 elderly people have a potential stroke. In the face of the raging stroke, how should we prevent and treat it? It is understood that Hubei Zhongshan Hospital is the first “Ministry of Health Stroke Screening and Prevention Base” in the province, the majority of Jingchu people in Wuhan City, you can enjoy the national formal stroke screening and prevention. Not long ago, Master Wu, who lives in Hanyang, suffered a stroke. When he was admitted to the hospital, he was in a coma, vomiting blood, quadriplegia, left pupil dilated, and his life was in danger. Experts from the Stroke Screening and Prevention Base of Zhongshan Hospital promptly performed cerebral angiography for him and found thrombosis in the basilar artery, which was immediately treated with thrombolysis and stenting. Three days after the operation, he walked like a normal person and did not leave any after-effects. Up to now, there are many stroke patients like Master Wu who are in critical condition and have regained their lives in the provincial Zhongshan Hospital. It is understood that the Ministry of Health awarded Zhongshan Hospital as the first “Hubei Provincial Stroke Screening and Prevention Base” in Hubei Province in May 2011. The base adopts cerebrovascular interventional treatment for stroke, which is an advanced minimally invasive surgical method, and can perform early arterial thrombolysis, intracranial angiography and artificial stent installation for ischemic cerebrovascular disease, as well as carotid artery stripping, intracranial and extracranial vascular bypass, intracranial and extracranial stent placement and arteriovenous thrombolysis. In March 2012, the Hubei Provincial Department of Health set up the Hubei Stroke Screening and Prevention Leading Group Office in the hospital to lead the stroke screening and prevention work in the province. The base currently has 5 chief physicians, 2 associate chief physicians, 13 people with master’s degree or above, and many authoritative experts from Tongji Hospital, Union Hospital, Provincial People’s Hospital, Central South Hospital and other major tertiary hospitals in the province, whose technology has reached the leading level in China. Equipped with advanced instruments and equipment such as multi-row CT (24h/7 days), digital subtraction (DSA), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), carotid ultrasound and TCD, the base has completed more than 20,000 cases of brain stroke screening. It is reported that the hospital has been designated by the Ministry of Health as the province’s base stroke project implementation hospital, the base has signed a stroke prevention contract with 21 provincial and municipal brain screening and prevention sites, and regular monthly supervision and inspection of stroke screening and prevention hospitals within the province, and strive to complete the tasks assigned by the Ministry of Health, to make unremitting efforts to build a national first-class stroke screening and prevention base. Expert advice: once symptoms are detected, attention should be paid to early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment. Choose the right treatment is the key, do not have a sickness, causing serious injury. It is recommended to go to a regular public hospital for standardized treatment so that patients can recover early.