Stroke Program at ETMC Recertified

TYLER — The stroke care program at Tyler’s East Texas Medical Center continues to advance. The center has been recertified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and adding continuous 24/7 care in interventional radiology. The designation was granted by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations with a Gold Seal of Approval. ETMC also earned the American Heart Association American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark. ETMC was the first hospital in East Texas and one of the first in Texas to become a certified stroke center in 2005. The hospital said it voluntarily pursued this designation in part because of the alarming rate of stroke-related deaths in East Texas.