Nerve implant 'restores consciousness' to man in vegetative state
Obviously the medics are wrong and he's just a lazy sod who was conscious for 15 years but only became interested in the outside world again because he was wondering what they were doing to his vagus nerve.
Quote:A 35-year-old man who had been in a vegetative state for 15 years has shown signs of consciousness after receiving a pioneering therapy involving nerve stimulation.
The treatment challenges a widely-accepted view that there is no prospect of a patient recovering consciousness if they have been in a vegetative state for longer than 12 months.
Since sustaining severe brain injuries in a car accident, the man had been completely unaware of the world around him. But when fitted with an implant to stimulate the vagus nerve, which travels into the brain stem, the man appeared to flicker back into a state of consciousness.
Obviously the medics are wrong and he's just a lazy sod who was conscious for 15 years but only became interested in the outside world again because he was wondering what they were doing to his vagus nerve.