Thursday, 17 September 2020

Covid disruption leaves thousands of UK stroke patients disabled

Covid disruption leaves thousands of UK stroke patients disabled 
Thousands of stroke patients have suffered avoidable disability because NHS care for them was disrupted during the pandemic, a report claims.

Many people who had just had a stroke found it harder to obtain clot-busting drugs or undergo surgery to remove a blood clot from their brain, both of which need to happen quickly. The Guardian

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