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Not all Baltimore hospitals equipped to handle stroke victims

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BALTIMORE — If you’re having a stroke, every second counts.

But is the closest hospital the best place for you? The WBAL TV 11 News I-Team reporter Barry Simms discovered it might not be.

When Michelle Greer’s husband, John, suffered a massive stroke in 2003, an ambulance rushed him to the nearest emergency room, at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown.

“I thought a hospital was a hospital. I think everyone basically feels that,” Greer said. ...

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