Being a Mental Health patient I have been disturbed by the number of Health professionals who seem to disregard patients.
I have had 3 Strokes and suffer from severe migraine attacks which sometimes require visits to the A&E, at these times I and my family frequently get told that, there is nothing wrong, mental patients when feeling unwell just need the attention.
On one of these occasions I was sent home only to have a stroke a few days later, health professionals need to understand to at times put aside the mental health of the patient and actually diagnose the real physical illness's that people have.
"Treatment of Patient with Mental Health issues"
About: Royal Stoke University Hospital Royal Stoke University Hospital Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG
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