Patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' was conscious all along

Man in 23-year 'coma' was awake all along

Rom Houben was conscious after a 1983 car crash, but no one knew it for decades.

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A car crash victim diagnosed as being in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time.

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