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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Lauren Chaloner & Tim Hanlon

'Doctor said I had a migraine and sent me on my way - I could have died at home'

A teacher was "trying to speak but nothing was making sense" and the room was moving "sideways" in a frightening experience dismissed at hospital as a migraine - when she was actually having a stroke.

Lili Vachon, 27, claimed a doctor "sent me on my way" despite her being "barely able to speak and her vision wasn't right".

Her vision initially went blurred during the incident in August, 2021, and she first thought her contact lenses had slipped but then when she took them out, she realised something more serious was wrong.

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