An elderly patient sought care for sensory disturbances and motor problems but was sent home. Later the same day, the patient had a stroke, writes VLT.
During an X-ray, no signs of a stroke could be seen, and when the patient was examined by a doctor, the symptoms had disappeared. Something that led to the troubles being assessed as muscle-related and the patient being sent home.
The symptoms matched what is usually called TIA – i.e., a blood clot in the brain that dissolves on its own but is seen as a warning signal for a stroke.
Later the same day, the patient again sought emergency care with weakness on the left side and slurred speech. After being admitted to the stroke ward, it was established that the patient had had a stroke.
The incident has now been reported to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) according to lex Maria.
