... in May 2000 and had a surgery to be replaced in July 2000. Adwoa was found lying unconscious one afternoon when visited by her daughter who lives just some few streets away. Adwoa was immediately taken to hospital where she was diagnosed as having stroke. Stroke which is the UK's third largest killer (RCN research society 2000) occurs when normal blood flow to a part of the brain is interrupted or blocked. This can be due to a bleed or haemorrhage or a clot in a blood vessel. Every patient who has had a stroke is affected different so it is important to have an individual assessment. Stroke, also referred to as cerebrovascular accident (CVA) has also been defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as rapidly developing clinical signs of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hours or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than of vascular origin. ...

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