How is Marwa (18), after two months in a coma? “With a nod upwards she says ‘yes’, with a nod downwards ‘no’”

For more than two months, 18-year-old Marwa Benahmed from Hoboken has been in a coma, while her family clings to small signs of progress. She now answers questions with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ via head movements. “That is a positive step,” says professor of neurology Steven Laureys. The first on the road to recovery?

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