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Tue 11 Nov 2009Paralysed crash victim mistakenly believed to be in coma for 23 years
FOR 23 years Rom Houben was imprisoned in his own body. He saw his doctors and nurses as they visited him daily during their rounds; he listened to the conversations of his carers; he heard his mother deliver the news to him that his father had died.
But he could do nothing. He was unable to communicate with his doctors or family. He could not move his head or weep, he could only listen.
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