In The News: Eerie Emptiness Of ERs Worries Doctors - Where Are The Heart Attacks And Strokes?

NPR spoke with Dr. Abhineet Chowdhary, director of the Overlake Neuroscience Institute, about treating patients who have delayed emergent cases. 

From the article: "The patient described it as the "worst headache of her life." She didn't go to the hospital though. Instead, the Washington state resident waited almost a week. When Dr. Abhineet Chowdhary finally saw her, he discovered she had a brain bleed that had gone untreated. The neurosurgeon did his best, but it was too late.

"As a result, she had multiple other strokes and ended up passing away," says Chowdhary, director of the Overlake Neuroscience Institute in Bellevue, Wash. "This is something that most of the time we're able to prevent."

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