People are ignoring stroke symptoms and failing to ring 999 because they fear being a burden on the NHS in England during the covid-19 pandemic, the national clinical director for stroke has warned. Deb Lowe, consultant stroke physician at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, said that doctors across the country were seeing “quite striking reductions” in the number of people coming into hospital with symptoms of stroke. She said, “It appears that people aren’t seeking emergency help or going to hospital when they suspect a stroke, possibly due to fear of the virus or not wanting to …

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中风：出现症状寻求帮助的人数“减少”

全国中风临床主任警告说，人们无视中风症状并没有打出999，因为他们担心这是covid-19大流行期间对英格兰NHS的负担。威勒尔大学教学医院中风顾问医生Deb Lowe说，全国各地的医生都发现中风症状的住院人数“显着减少”。她说：“人们怀疑中风时似乎并没有寻求紧急帮助或去医院，这可能是由于担心病毒或不想……