Woman with brain bleed left waiting overnight after misdiagnosis as drug overdose
A 53-year-old woman suffering a fatal brain bleed was left waiting overnight in an emergency department after clinicians mistakenly assumed her symptoms were caused by drug overdose.
A 53-year-old woman experiencing a brain bleed was not promptly treated after emergency department clinicians attributed her symptoms to drug overdose. She was left waiting overnight without the urgent care her condition required. The misdiagnosis delayed treatment for what would prove to be a fatal condition.
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Woman suffering fatal brain bleed left waiting overnight after doctors assumed drug overdose
A 53-year-old woman suffering a brain bleed was left waiting overnight in an emergency department after clinicians assumed her symptoms were caused by a drug overdose.