Scientists have shown for the first time that a person diagnosed as being in a vegetative state can communicate.
For Kate Bainbridge, now 36, the news is especially significant.
In 1997, when Kate was 26, she caught an acute viral infection. It was so serious that it confined her to a vegetative state for six months.
'I felt trapped inside my body'
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The infant remained on life support at Medical University of South Carolina Hospital for 40 days although doctors there said she was clinically brain dead from the time she arrived. The Department of Social Services was waiting on an order from Family Court Judge Berry Mobley on whether they would have the right to decide if the infant should remain on life support when the baby died.
Hearing for baby’s parents postponed
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Excellent article.