Tag: locked-in syndrome

Alistair Banks: the incurable optimist – an inspiring story of courage in the face of motor neurone disease

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Editor’s note. This appears on the blog of the Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization. Recently I blogged about Martin Pistorius – an inspiring story of faith, hope and love in the face of locked-in syndrome. It was equally refreshing to read today in the Daily Telegraph the story of a man with motor neurone …

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Martin Pistorius–an inspiring story about faith, hope and love through ‘locked in syndrome’

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Editor’s note. The following appears on the blog of the [British] Christian Medical Fellowship. The Sunday Times today tells the story of Martin Pistorius, a South African man who ended up paralysed and comatose following a throat infection at the age of 12. His awareness began to improve four years later and by the age …

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