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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Nia Dalton

'My contraceptive pill nearly killed me at 25 - women need tougher screening tests'

Holly McComish was at work in a theatre when her vision became blurred and her face suddenly dropped to one side. At 25 years old, she thought she was dying.

Her panicked colleagues shouted to call an ambulance and she was rushed to hospital by paramedics, where A&E staff told her she'd experienced a mini stroke.

Holly was overwhelmed and concerned, but even more so when she learnt that her contraceptive pill had almost taken her life. She was a rare and very unlucky case.

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