People worried about stroke may wish to consider taking out health insurance following a damning report on the NHS.Oops.
A study has found that failure by the health organisation to quickly treat victims of mini-strokes - characterised by symptoms such as facial or arm weakness, speech problems or blurred vision - is costing an estimated 500 lives a year.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
NHS failing to treat mini-stroke victims quickly enough, says report
"I am romantic about the NHS; I love it. All I need to do to rediscover the romance is to look at health care in my own country." Donald Berwick, MD, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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