Thousands Wake Up During Surgery

B1 – Intermediate

A report in England states that thousands of patients a year wake up during an
operation. One doctor said it happens one in every 19,000 operations. They are now trying to find areas that could be improved during an operation to prevent this from happening.

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1409/140914-surgery.html

Discussion Questions:

  1. Do you think the case of waking up during a surgery is considered carelessness on the doctor’s side? Why or why not?
  2. Do you know someone who experienced the same situation? Talk about it.
  3. Have you had a surgery or any major medical procedure in the past? How did it go?
  4. How do you think you would feel if you woke up in the middle of your operation?
  5. Would you say that doctors in your country are highly-qualified?
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3 replies on “Thousands Wake Up During Surgery”

1. Do you think the case of waking up during a surgery is considered carelessness on the doctor’s side? Why or why not?
Yes, since there are enough means to avoid this.
2. Do you know someone who experienced the same situation?
No, I don’t know anyone who has had this experience.
3. Have you undergone a surgery in the past? How did it go?
No, I have never had surgery.
4. Would you say that doctors in your country are highly-qualified?
In general the doctors are well qualified in my country.

Thank you for answering all the questions on this lesson. Good job.

You can try to be a bit more accurate with your punctuation marks and word order.

In general the doctors are well qualified in my country.
In general, the doctors in my country are well-qualified.

I´m a doctor and I think waking up in a surgery is an extremely phenomenom, if it happens is a serious mistake of the anaesthesiologist, but even with a bad doctor would be almost impossible because the patient durig the surgery is monitorized with many warning sings. This article come from the tabloid press.

On the other hand the anestesia imply a risk and nowdays the anesthesia is not as deep as it had been two decades ago.

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