Nun Secures Stroke Care for 18-Year-Old After Hospital Staff Mistake Symptoms for Drug Use

2 articles · Updated · NPR · Jul 15

18-year-old Solitaire Miles got critical treatment only after a nun stepped in when hospital staff failed to recognize her stroke and accused her of being on drugs.
Too weak to speak up for herself, Miles could not challenge the misdiagnosis, leaving the nun to press for proper medical attention.
The case centers on how a bystander’s intervention changed the outcome after frontline doctors and nurses initially dismissed a young stroke victim’s symptoms.

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