Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Man Trapped In 23-Year 'Coma' Was Conscious All The Time

A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the whole time. Belgian Rom Houben, now 46, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he could hear them - but could make no sound.

Doctors used a range of coma tests 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.

1 comment(s):

dbsmall said...

Or, possibly not.

James Randi says it's manipulation by facilitated communication.

Based on the video he links to, it sure looks suspicious.