Humans are never vegetables
If Rom Houben's case proves anything, it is the arrogance of those who think they can pronounce upon the state of a patient's consciousness, and determine his subsequent fate--when humility should force them to admit they cannot possibly know what that patient may be experiencing. Houben is the Belgian man who spent 23 years misdiagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state when he was actually conscious and suffering from locked-in syndrome as the result of an auto accident. Locked-in syndrome means the individual is paralyzed, but retains full consciousness. The misdiagnosis was discovered thanks to state-of-the-art brain scanning technology...
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Tags: 23 Years, Arrogance, Auto Accident, Brain, Consciousness, Fate, Humility, Misdiagnosis, Persistent Vegetative State, Rom, Scanning Technology, State Of The Art, Vegetables