People in a Persistent Vegetative State Awakened by a Sleeping Pill - Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Reborn

The October issue of National Right to Life News focused on an article in the Guardian about people in a persistent vegetative state "Awakened by a Sleeping Pill". "We have always been told there is no recovery from persistent vegetative state - doctors can only make a sufferer's last days as painless as possible. But is that really the truth? Across three continents, severely brain-damaged patients are awake and talking after taking ... a sleeping pill. And no one is more baffled than the GP who made the breakthrough. Steve Boggan witnesses these 'strange and wonderful' rebirths "To learn more visit: Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Reborn:(www.guardian.co.uk./medicine/story/0,,1870279,00.html)