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Hospital discharge: Have you been pressured to leave early?

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Hospital discharges: Have you been pressured to leave a hospital early after surgery?

A Winnipeg man had a stroke after being pressed to leave a hospital where he was recuperating from brain surgery.

Monty Vann, 60, had a brain tumour surgically removed at the city's Health Sciences Centre on Oct. 8.

Relatives said Vann was still bleeding behind one ear and had about 60 staples in his head when the hospital issued a discharge order.

After three days of battling with the hospital over wanting to stay to recuperate further, Vann agreed to leave and was discharged the morning of Oct. 13.

Administrators at HSC said he was "medically stable" when he was released.

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Have you ever been pressured to leave a hospital shortly after surgery? Do you feel that the apology issued was appropriate?