Call for Equality in Stroke Patient Care ; Hospitals Bid to Be Life-Saving Specialist Treatment Centres

Lincolnshire Echo › September 19, 2009

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HOSPITALS in Lincoln and Boston have bid to become specialist acute stroke centres in an attempt to save lives and stop stroke patients becoming disabled.

Pioneering changes in stroke care proposed by NHS East Midlands will see stroke victims undergoing a CT scan and given clot-busting drugs, if appropriate, within three hours of calling 999.

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Call for Equality in Stroke Patient Care ; Hospitals Bid to Be Life-Saving Specialist Treatment Centres

NHS East Midlands says prompt treatment will not only save lives, but stop hundreds of county patients eve...

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