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Startling revelations of covert consciousness in 1 in 10 people in vegetative states makes their care more important than ever
Health
| Leader
26 June 2019
A pill that unexpectedly brought Louis Viljoen out of a long coma is being tested to see if it could help othersYOU magazine/Gallo Images/Getty
THE faces of five people stare down at neurologist Nicholas Schiff from the wall of his office. These are pictures of people who appear to be in a vegetative state, but are in fact conscious. He stuck them up to remind him, he says, that they are still out there, and that doctors aren’t doing anything for them.
The sentiment is right. These people’s basic needs are being catered for, but there is little more …
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