Patient trapped in a 23-year ‘coma’ was conscious all along
Full StoryA man thought by doctors to be in a vegetative state for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it was revealed last night. Student Rom Houben was misdiagnosed after a car crash left him totally paralysed. He had no way of letting experts, family or friends know he could hear every word they said.
‘I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,’ said Mr Houben, now 46. Doctors used a range of coma tests, recognised worldwide, before reluctantly concluding that his consciousness was ‘extinct’. But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally.
horrifying.
UPDATE: Then again…
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This is a real fear of mine !
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“Dr Laureys was not available for comment yesterday and it is not clear why he thought Mr Houben should have the hi-tech...
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OHMEHN 23 yearsss!?!?!
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O_O what the hell. Though I don’t think this means it’s wrong to pull the plug or assisted suicide is wrong because what...
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this makes me cry. i am seriously in tears right now. imagine listening to the people you love talk about how they dont...
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