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'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

Update: 2020-12-141
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Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from ‘locked-in syndrome’, but as a doctor told him, everything about his case is bizarre by Josh Wilbur. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

'Is anybody in there?' Life on the inside as a locked-in patient

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