Bridging the great health divide: Stroke care in Mississippi
Bridging the great health divide: Stroke care in Mississippi By Patrice Clark | May 13, 2021 at 9:40 PM CDT - Updated May 14 at 7:26 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - According to the CDC, someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. And every 4 minutes, someone dies of a stroke.
In the rural areas such as the Mississippi Delta, the stroke death rate is above the national average.
Tears begin to flow as Sharkey County resident Sherida Stovall talks about needing help to do simple things now that she has suffered a stroke. She goes to rehab weekly after being paralyzed on the left side her body.