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"Car crash victim trapped in 'coma' for 23 years was conscious"

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:55 pm
by Faust
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/no ... a-23-years


wow, that would reeaally suck. after 23 years of that i would feel lucky to not be completely insane.

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:12 pm
by YeOldeStonecat
All I say is "Wow"

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:14 pm
by mountainman
That's what you get with nationalized health care.

:D

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:26 pm
by jeremyboycool
mountainman wrote:That's what you get with nationalized health care.

:D
Ya here, in the US, cost would have been so great to keep him alive, that they would have pulled the feeding tube and let him die, a long time ago.

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:27 pm
by CiscoKid
That and incorrect amputations!

I read an article a while back about a guy going in for a torn rotator cuff and coming out with a Vasectomy

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:18 pm
by Humboldt
Read about that this morning and could just think, "wow, that would really suck." I can't even imagine how frustrating that would have been (not so speak of the condition the poor guy is still in).

Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:28 pm
by Brk
Some of those family members better how they didn't discuss pulling the plug around him. HE KNOWWWWWS.