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Martin Pistorius, from South Africa, when he was 12 got back home with a sore throat, which ended up being a prelude to a 12-year wellbeing emergency. His condition, both, physical and mental, crumbled rapidly until he couldn't walk or talk. Specialists said that it must be cryptococcal meningitis bringing on this condition, however they couldn't analyze his ailment correctly.

Martin's mind began to 'wake up' following two years (when he was around 14 or 15 years of age) and he knew about everything around him however no one realized that since he couldn't talk. He felt caught in his own body and remained in vegetative state for a long time.

Martin Pistorius, from South Africa, when he was 12 got back home with a sore throat, which ended

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