Stroke warning signs
Sudden stroke signs? Call 112 in Romania.
If one side of the face suddenly droops, an arm weakens or speech becomes unclear, call 112 in Romania. Do not wait for every sign.
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Signs that can appear suddenly
A person’s face, an arm or leg, speech or understanding may change. Sudden problems with vision, walking or balance, confusion, or a very severe headache with no known cause can also be warning signs.
Face
One side may droop or a smile may become uneven.
Arm or leg
Sudden weakness or numbness may affect one side of the body.
Speech and understanding
Words may become slurred; the person may find it hard to speak or understand.
Walking and balance
Sudden dizziness, unsteady walking, loss of balance or coordination may occur.
Vision
A sudden problem may affect sight in one or both eyes.
Other sudden changes
Confusion or a very severe headache with no known cause may occur.
Signs can happen together or separately. If they stop, still get help straight away.
NHS: Symptoms of a stroke · CDC: Signs and Symptoms of Stroke
What to tell the dispatcher
Say the location out loud
Phones can send a location, but Romania’s emergency-call system uses methods with conditions and limitations. Say the address, entrance and a nearby landmark.
Hospitals named on the thrombectomy list
Hospitals named on the thrombectomy list
Romania’s Ministry of Health Order 450/2015, Article 24(c), names units included in the AP-AVCAc national priority programme for “Trombectomie/Tromboplastie” (thrombectomy/thromboplasty). This list keeps the numbering used in the order.
The act numbers 14 positions under point (c); position 7 is repealed. That leaves 13 named units.
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Spitalul Universitar de Urgență București
Bucharest, Romania’s capital
- 2
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Târgu Mureș
Târgu Mureș, in central Romania
- 3
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Timișoara
Timișoara, in western Romania
- 4
Spitalul Universitar de Urgență Elias
Bucharest, Romania’s capital
- 5
Spitalul Județean de Urgență «Sfântul Ioan cel Nou» Suceava
Suceava, in north-eastern Romania
- 6
Spitalul Universitar de Urgență Militar Central «Dr. Carol Davila»
Bucharest, Romania’s capital
- 8
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Sibiu
Sibiu, in central Romania
- 9
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Bihor
Oradea, in north-western Romania
- 10
Institutul Național de Neurologie și Boli Neurovasculare București
Bucharest, Romania’s capital
- 11
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, in north-western Romania
- 12
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență «Sf. Apostol Andrei» Constanța
Constanța, on Romania’s Black Sea coast
- 13
Spitalul Clinic Județean de Urgență Craiova
Craiova, in southern Romania
- 14
Spitalul Județean de Urgență Miercurea-Ciuc
Miercurea-Ciuc, in eastern Transylvania
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Sources, dates and limits
Official sources checked on 16 October 2026. The consolidated Order 450/2015 page shows a consolidation dated 8 December 2025; a Portal Legislativ search found no later amendment to Article 24(c) by the check date.
Last source check: 16 October 2026
- Order 714/2025: Romania’s national acute-stroke protocol
Basis for the last-seen-well prompt and context for emergency stroke care.
- Law 95/2006, Article 94: calls to 112 and dispatcher instructions
Basis for reporting an emergency at 112 and following specialised instructions.
- Order 450/2015, Article 24(c), consolidated text
The legal Trombectomie/Tromboplastie list; the page shows a consolidation dated 8 December 2025.
- Order 364/2025
Adds the Cluj-Napoca unit to Article 24(c).
- Order 1,200/2025
Adds units in Constanța, Craiova and Miercurea-Ciuc to Article 24(c).
- Order 1,717/2025
Adds Rădăuți to the separate intravenous-fibrinolysis list at Article 24(a).
- NHS: Symptoms of a stroke
Public warning signs and the note that stopped symptoms still need urgent help.
- CDC: Signs and Symptoms of Stroke
Additional public warning signs; its emergency-number instructions apply in the United States, not Romania.
- CNCPIC/MAI: emergency-call location
Limitations of emergency-call location methods.
- B2 SMURD ambulance photograph, Wikimedia Commons
Spotting the World; CC BY-SA 4.0; photographed 1 December 2022.
