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South West patients
with epilepsy need to have better access to brain scans in hospital,
according to a government-funded report.
But neurologists
at Derriford Hospital says a shortage of equipment and trained staff
is preventing better diagnosis.
In epilepsy,
the complicated but orderly flow of electrical signals between the
different parts of the brain is disturbed by the occurrence of abnormal
electrical discharges.
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Matthew
Moyle from Exmouth died suddenly in October 2001
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Kathy Moyle,
from East Budleigh, has a grandson and a daughter buried in the
local churchyard. She thinks both died from epilepsy.
Her grandson,
Matthew Moyle from Exmouth, died suddenly in October last year.
She says the
disease is underfunded and unrecognised by many, even though it
affects more than 300,000 people across the UK.
Better access
to the latest brain scanning would help, but at the moment there
are long queues for scans.
The Joint Epilepsy
Council says in the South West there has been little action to help
families affected by epilepsy and it says lives are being needlessly
lost.
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