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Are you setting yourself up for a heart attack?

Prisca Outa was fine the whole day. She went to work, came back home, ate her dinner, then she collapsed and was rushed to hospital. Efforts to resuscitate her failed and she was pronounced dead. It’s called ‘sudden’ death. And when postmortem results came, the culprit is ‘heart attack’.

This script is increasingly becoming common and doctors are concerned. Apparently, most deaths from this condition are never recorded.

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