I Paid Pounds 10k for Surgery but I'm Making Sure Other Victims Don't Have to ; Mum Organises Gig to Get Cash for a Stroke Centre

Liverpool Echo › March 16, 2007

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A LIVERPOOL woman who had to pay for pioneering surgery after a stroke at 25 is raising money to help fund the operation for others.

Mother-of-two Sue Cullen, now 31 and from Toxteth, had an operation known as deep brain stimulation which is normally used on patients with Parkinson's Disease, after suffering a stroke six years ago.

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I Paid Pounds 10k for Surgery but I'm Making Sure Other Victims Don't Have to ; Mum Organises Gig to Get Cash for a Stroke Centre

Two electrodes connected to a battery, similar to a pacemaker, were put deep inside her brain and helped restore a regular pa...

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