Stroke remains a major cause of human mortality and morbidity. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases appear to be very frequently encountered now and responsible for a great deal of morbidity. In spite of our increasing understanding of pathophysiology and epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases and stroke and continuing advances in prevention and treatment, the burden of these diseases is high. All patients with ischemic stroke admitted within 24 hours of onset in Department of Medicine, during the study period were taken for study considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria and will not be overlapped with the study of other post graduate students, and patients will be followed up for a period of three months. In the present study among 71 patients 50 patients had moderate stroke constituting 70.4% of total study group, 11 patients had severe stroke and 10 patients had mild stroke. The mean NIHS at admission was 12.6±6.7.