31-year-old Ben Wilson, a resident of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, suffered a heart attack on June 11 last year and went into a coma. Five weeks later, the doctors were stunned to see him stand up and talk.
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After spending five weeks in a medically induced coma to protect his brain from oxygen deprivation, he has gradually regained his ability to walk and talk.
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Deprived of oxygen for almost an hour medics suspected Ben Wilson would be left in a vegetative state but the 31-year-old from Barnsley, South Yorks has made a miraculous recovery.