Doctors in Croatia have managed to bring an 18-year-old male out of his coma after 5 months by inserting an electrode in his brain.

"The revolutionary method of Japanese scientists has been tested by Dr. Darko Chudy, a neurosurgeon in Dubrava Hospital in the Croatian capital Zagreb.

The 18-year-old patient Josip Kokeza had been in a coma for five months after his heart stopped beating during a school lesson in the Adriatic port of Split.

Doctors have inserted the electrode in the part of brain responsible for the awakening of consciousness, daily newspaper Vecernji List has reported.

The 18-year-old now needs to start learning how to talk again and receive additional treatment."
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