BRUSSELS (AP) -– Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben’s outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt “alone, lonely, frustrated” in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body. …
Read Original Story: Latest News : Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn – Tehran Times
BelgianRom Houben sits next to his mother, Fina. Houben was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state following a car crash in 1983. Rom Houben’s story is sensational but, perhaps, not as much as you might think. Doctors believed the Belgian man was in …
Read Original Story: Questioning the words' worth – Global
I believe reasonable skepticism is warranted any time a major “medical miracle” story breaks. But there comes a time when skepticism becomes something else, an ideological tool to keep society from drawing ethical conclusions that the skeptic might …
Read Original Story: Houben Case: Resisting Rehumanizing Cognitively Disabled Patients – First Things
But hold on a moment… is Rom Houben really doing the communicating? Watch the video again – is he moving his hand or is the facilitator moving it for him. There would seem to be many red flags here, and some are picking up on them – some, …
Read Original Story: Coma Man: Amazing Story or Balloon Boy Redux? – CHQR
By RAF CASERT, AP BRUSSELS — With a caretaker holding his hand, a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years typed out a message yesterday that he felt reborn after decades of loneliness and frustration. A leading bioethicist, however, …
Read Original Story: Coma communication 'Ouija board stuff'? – Toronto Sun
Remember that story about the guy who was supposedly revealed to be fully conscious (but physically paralyzed) and not in a 23-year coma? There are some serious concerns about the validity of that discovery, with some calling it bogus. …
Read Original Story: Doubt Cast on Man Found to Be Conscious After 23-Year Coma – Gizmodo.com
After doctors thought a Belgium man was in a deep coma for 23 years, they found that he was conscious the whole time. Elizabeth Palmer has the story.
Read Original Story: 23-Year Coma Confusion – CBS
An engineering student thought to be in a coma for 23 years was actually conscious the whole time, it has emerged. Rom Houben was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state after a car crash left him totally paralysed. For the whole time, …
Read Original Story: Man in 23-year coma really conscious – BigPond News
Brussels, Belgium (LifeNews.com) — No sooner did Rom Houben make international headlines than skeptics and euthanasia advocates attempt to discredit the story of a man who says he was falsely tagged as being in a coma for 23 years. …
Read Original Story: Euthanasia Backers Discount Rom Houben, Man Who Spoke After False "Coma" – LifeNews.com
After 23 years in a coma, a Belgium man had an amazing awakening and says he was conscious while in the coma. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
Read Original Story: Man Conscious during 23-Year Coma – CBS
