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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Sophie Halle-Richards

'I need an urgent MRI scan but was told I'm over the weight limit'

A mum-of-two who needs an urgent MRI scan for a 'possible brain tumour' claims she's been told she's too overweight.

Jackie Nulty has been suffering with excruciating migraines, dizziness and an inability to concentrate since the start of October, and was referred by her GP for a scan to check if her symptoms are due to a brain tumour, or another serious illness.

But the 33-year-old, from Audenshaw, claims she's been passed around local NHS services and seven weeks after first attending her doctor's surgery, she still hasn't had a scan.

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