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I found this line particularly shocking.

When my mum suffered a stroke, she was hospitalised for 7 months and had a team of occupational/speech/physiotherapists around here helping her recover as much as possible (which wasn't much, to be fair).

But socialised medicine is evil, and the NHS death panels could've taken her.

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Not all strokes are equal. For a minor ischemic stroke it's normal to be discharged after three days or so. There isn't any reason to stay longer, really, since they'll treat it with medication.

Your mother probably had a hemorrhagic stroke, which is much more serious. She probably had surgery, too?

I'm not really sure why he was discharged the next day, but it might not be unreasonable depending on the exact diagnosis. Or maybe he refused to stay - some people do that.

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