Woman with a stroke was taken to the psychiatric ward

A woman in Luleå who suffered a stroke and lost the ability to speak was taken to the psychiatric ward – despite attempts to resist by shaking her head, writes Norrländska Socialdemokraten.

At the psychiatric emergency room, the woman had to wait for five hours. When she regained the ability to speak, she was admitted to the regular emergency room where she was diagnosed with a TIA, transient ischemic attack on the brain.

The woman writes in a complaint to the Inspectorate for Care and Care (Ivo) that a doctor stated that there is an increased risk of another stroke because she had to wait a long time for the right care.

Ivo directs criticism at the ambulance staff who mistook the woman’s symptoms.