Article: BRAIN INJURY VICTIMS LACK ADEQUATE CARE.(Local)(Medical condition overview)

Byline: Grace O'Connor Staff writer

Dr. Leonard Miller spent 25 years of his life as a dentist taking care of the health needs of other people. Now, said his wife, Caroline, "He has special health needs and there is no care available for him."

Miller, once a busy professional and family man, needs someone to tell him to get up in the morning and how to get dressed, one slipper and one sock at a time.

He has had no memory since the oxygen supply to his brain was cut off for 30 minutes during an episode of cardiac arrest. He is diagnosed as having a brain injury called anoxicence encephalopathy.

He is able bodied and still relatively ...

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