Dr. Roy Varghese has practiced medicine in Hyden, Kentucky, for more than 30 years. But last year, he became the patient when he had a stroke. As a result of quick action by the team at Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital, a member of the UK HealthCare Stroke Care Network, within 13 minutes of his arrival, Varghese received a CT scan of his brain which was sent to UK for evaluation by UK HealthCare's Comprehensive Stroke Center. Within 33 minutes, he was given the clot-busting drug tPA and within 50 minutes, he was in an ambulance on his way to London where he was flown to UK in Lexington for further evaluation.
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