Woke up after 19 years in Coma

A railway worker in poland, Jan Grzebski, who has waken up from his 19 years coma thinks" the world is prettier now" than it was under communism.

His wife Getruda Grzebski fed him up patiently and carefully everyday in the last 19 years. she also moved his body to prevent bed sores.


Wojciech Pstragowski, a rehabilitation specialist, said Grzebski was shocked at the changes in Poland — especially its stores: "He remembered shelves filled with mustard and vinegar only" under communism. Poland shed communism in 1989 and has developed democracy and a market economy.

Despite doctors' predictions that he would not live, his wife never gave up hope and took care of him at home.