In Poland, doctors brought a patient out of a 16-year coma

Polish doctors were able to bring the patient out of a coma in which she had been for 16 years, RIA Novosti reports . Doctors implanted a unique stimulator of the central nervous system into the girl’s body.

When Alexandra Yancharskaya was six years old, she choked on water while taking pills. Due to the development of hypoxia, the girl fell into a coma. For 16 years her condition remained virtually unchanged. Alexandra’s mother, Polish actress Ewa Blaszczyk, organized a foundation, with the assistance of which local doctors and colleagues from Japan installed unique central nervous system stimulants for the girl and six other patients.

The devices have electrodes that are attached to the dura mater of the spinal cord. The stimulator itself is located on the patient's body. It supplies current to the electrodes, which improves cerebral circulation. As a result, the damaged neurons are restored, and the patient can come out of the coma.

In early August, one of the patients came out of a coma, Yancharskaya became the second participant in the experiment who was helped by the operation.

“She follows with her eyes what is happening around her, reacts to what she likes, shows signs of anger when she doesn’t like something. There was no such contact before,” said Dr. Monika Barchevskaya.

According to doctors, the girl's awakening does not mean that she will immediately begin to walk and talk. Over 16 years, changes have occurred in her body, and they will require long-term rehabilitation.

By the end of the year, the central nervous system stimulator will be introduced to eight more patients who are in a coma.