# Some People Who Appear to Be in a Coma May Actually Be Conscious

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/some-people-who-appear-to-be-in-a-coma-may-actually-be-conscious/
- Published: 2022-10-24T09:00:55-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Kholood Eid. Article by Jan Claassen and Brian L. Edlow. Scientific American – November 1, 2022. A medical team surrounded Maria Mazurkevich’s hospital bed, all eyes on her as she did … nothing. Mazurkevich was 30 years old and had been admitted to New York–Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University on a blisteringly hot July day in New York City. A few days earlier, at home, she had suddenly fallen unconscious. She had suffered a ruptured blood vessel in her brain, and […] Click here to view original web page at www.scientificamerican.com