At 22, a woman suffered a hemorrhagic stroke that her GP misdiagnosed as meningitis. Speaker B points to an essay exploring the incident and broader failures within the NHS.
I mean, it's the doctor thing, right? I mean, I was having a hemorrhagic stroke and I thought I had meningitis because it was, you know, my head and my neck. I went to a doctor and he said, but he was a GP and not trained to look for brain hemorrhage in a 20— A 22-year-old woman, but, uh, the specialist should know better.
They should. I could, I could do a whole session for you on that. I mean, if anyone fancies, there's an essay of mine called That Time the NHS Nearly Killed Me. And if you want a little insight into a crazy episode of medical negligence and near death, that is the essay for you. Some cheerful, some cheerful evening reading.
