Croí Heart & Stroke Charity

Croí is a registered Irish heart & stroke charity committed to reducing the impact of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) on families in the West of Ireland. Registered Charity Number (RCN): 20016616 Some of the milestones in the Croí story so far.... 1985 Croi Foundation established to lead a major public campaign to advance the case for specialist cardiac services and facilities for the west of Ireland, based at University Hospital Galway 1987 Opening of the first Cardiac Diagnostic Angiography Unit in the region, funded by Croi 1993 Croí funds Ireland’s first coronary care ambulance 1995 Commenced support for cardiac services at Mayo General and Roscommon Hospitals 1999 Supported establishment of first Chest Pain Clinic in the west at UHG 2004 ‘Croi Heart Smart’ community-based risk factor screening programme launched. 2006 Launch of ‘Croi Centre for Life-Saving Training’ providing CPR and AED training. 2007 First open-heart procedures performed in the West’s new Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit at UHG. Croí pledged €1m to the capital costs. 2008 Plans approved for the Croí ‘Heart & Stroke Centre’, Ireland’s first dedicated community heart health & wellness centre 2009 Launch of ‘Croí MyAction’, Irelands’ first cardiovascular risk, lifestyle and behaviour change programme 2011 New Cardiology Day Ward at GUH 2012 Croí opens €3.7 million state-of-the-art ‘Heart & Stroke Centre (first of its kind in Europe) 2013 MSc & Diploma in Preventive Cardiology launched with NUIG 2014 Launch of National Institute of Preventive Cardiology (NIPC) 2015 More than 25,000 visits to Croi Heart and Stroke Centre for heart, stroke, diabetes and obesity programmes 2016 Croí leads the way internationally through iHHub in raising awareness of Heart Failure across Europe 2017 Croí moves to support development of Centre of Excellence in Preventive Cardiology as collaboration between NIPC and NUIG