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EXPLAINED: Misconception over stroke needs addressing says emilia clarke s mother - The Real Truth

Emilia Clarke and her mother Jenny were awarded MBEs after they set up the charity SameYou (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

Young stroke survivors are “set up to fail” because of a lack of support when they leave hospital, Emilia Clarke’s charity has warned.

The charity, set up after the Game Of Thrones star suffered a brain haemorrhage when she was just 24, said there is a “misconception” that stroke affects only elderly people.

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