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Wed 09 Sep 2010Migraine diagnosed in error before death
PATIENTS WHO present at hospitals with persistent and severe headaches should receive Cat scans within a minimum timeframe, a jury at the inquest of a 21-year-old woman who died from a massive brain haemorrhage has recommended.
Louise Butler from Cappa Lodge, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare, died at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick on November 16th, 2006, one month after she was mistakenly diagnosed with a migraine.
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