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THE SURGE OF THROMBOTIC STROKE

I had a stroke on October 10 2013. I am satisfactorily recovering. The experience I have gone through is what I cannot wish anyone no matter how evil that one is. This is what has informed this sharing. When I was in the hospital following the stroke, I made an interesting observation from my cubicle at the Accident and Emergency Unit, which was situated at the end of the block and had a window overlooking the last entrance to the hospital, Mother of Christ Specialist Hospital Enugu. I could see the entry-park and arrivals.   I frequently saw middle-aged prosperous-looking people, often alighting from flashy, glitzy, swanky cars, limping out or being carried out. They were recovering from stroke or have just had stroke. I beheld an extrapolation to a much larger scale, of the observation I had hitherto made in my own small practice and from the general population: stroke is no more a rare occurrence, has been increasing in geometric progression, mostly afflicting an age gro...
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