Tributes have been paid to the ‘modern-day miracle’ A man who spent almost 250 days in a coma before waking up has died seven years later after he was hit by a truck. Drew Kohn was “struck by a truck while walking” in Jacksonville, Florida, at around 5:30am on Friday according the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. […]
1 year ago
Doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong with him A man was left in a coma with a four per cent chance of survival after he tried to remove an ingrown hair. Steven Spinale, from Texas, contracted an infection after he tried to remove an ingrown hair in his grown, the Metro reports. This led […]
2 years ago
She was struck by the rollercoaster in a ‘tragic accident’ two months ago A woman who was left in a coma after being hit by a rollercoaster has finally woken up, but is now trapped in her own body and unable to talk, her family say. On September 25 this year, Shylah Rodden was at […]
3 years ago
Austin Bellamy was medically induced into a coma and put on a ventilator A man has been hospitalised after being brutally stung by more than 20,000 African killer bees while attempting to prune a tree. Austin Bellamy is fighting for his life after ingesting more than 30 of them and being stung by thousands more. […]
3 years ago
The condition is often fatal A bodybuilder awoke from his coma to discover that surgeons had removed his arm after a bicep curl injury at the gym developed into a “flesh-eating” disease. Gabriel Lieschke pulled his right bicep when doing bicep curls at the gym, believing it to be a pretty standard injury despite it […]
3 years ago
A series of last-minute appeals were rejected this week Archie Battersbee has passed away after multiple attempts to postpone the withdrawal of his life support were rejected this week. His family have been spending their final hours with the 12-year-old after being told his life support would be withdrawn on Saturday morning. He passed away […]
3 years ago