On catching a stroke in a café, and dying of lots of other things

NHS Palliative Medicine Consultant • 20 May 2023

“A bizarre recurring point of debate:


— “People die every day of lots of other things!”


True, but you don’t catch a stroke from other people in a restaurant.


© 2023 NHS Palliative Medicine Consultant.


After Edward Hopper’s 1942 ‘Nighthawks’ (Anon).