{"id":67953,"date":"2023-09-26T10:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=67953"},"modified":"2023-09-26T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:12:55","slug":"i-woke-up-paralysed-on-an-operating-table-i-was-screaming-for-the-doctors-to-stop-but-no-words-were-coming-out-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/i-woke-up-paralysed-on-an-operating-table-i-was-screaming-for-the-doctors-to-stop-but-no-words-were-coming-out-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I woke up paralysed on an operating table – I was screaming for the doctors to stop but no words were coming out | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE last thing Natasha Japhet expected going into a gallbladder operation was to wake up midway through. <\/p>\n
But wake up she did. The mum-of-four tried to alert doctors that she'd come to but, to her horror, no words came out of her mouth. <\/p>\n
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The 33-year-old chef and mum from Llanaelhaearn in Gwynedd, Wales, went to get her gallbladder removed on September 19. <\/p>\n
She claims to have woken up on the operating table midway through the procedure. <\/p>\n
Natasha told North Wales Live: "All I remember was I woke up during the operation. I was aware and I heard voices around me asking for the camera. I felt like I couldn't breathe. <\/p>\n
"I was screaming in my head but I was paralysed because I couldn't move. But I couldn't tell them."<\/p>\n
Natasha claims to have felt everything her surgeons were doing, saying she 'passed out' from the pain of having two rods inserted into her stomach. <\/p>\n The mum said doctors became aware something was amiss when she woke up again a little later. <\/p>\n "There were voices around me and then I heard 'Oh my God – she's awake. Do something'," she claimed.<\/p>\n "I think they must have done something then to put me back to sleep properly this time. And when I did come round in recovery, the anaesthetist started questioning me straight away."<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Natasha was asked about what she remembered while being under anaesthesia, she told North Wales Live. <\/p>\n After recounting her harrowing experience, the mum was asked to give a statement to medical staff. <\/p>\n Natasha is now recovering from her operation at home. <\/p>\n She said her friends and family were shocked and angry hearing about her ordeal, saying it 'should never have happened' and urging her to submit a complaint. <\/p>\n North Wales Live reported that officials from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – who overseas the Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital where the operation took place – will meet with Natasha and her family this week to discuss her complaint. <\/p>\n Dr Nick Lyons, BCUHB\u2019s executive medical director, told Sun Health: "We are extremely sorry to hear of this patient's experience. It is not what we would wish for anyone using our services.<\/p>\n "This is now being investigated, so we can fully understand what happened, and the patient will be fully involved in the process.<\/p>\n "We would urge anyone who receives care below the standard they would expect to contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), in the first instance," Dr Lyons added. <\/p>\n He provided the PALS team contact details, who can be reached via phone or email at 03000 851234 BCU.PALS@wales.nhs.uk. <\/p>\n The mum – who is on maternity leave after the birth of her fourth child – has come away from her experience with more than the scars of her operation. <\/p>\n She said: \u00a0"I feel a little bit traumatised. I haven't been able to sleep. Every time I fall asleep I feel like I can't breathe again."<\/p>\n Adele Gittoes, interim executive director at the health board, told the outlet: \u201cWe would urge Ms Japheth to contact us directly to discuss her concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/picture>OUR AGONY <\/span><\/p>\n
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