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Why you should always choose to be awake during medical procedures

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Eons ago, when human surgery and anaesthesia were at their infancy, people endured surgical procedures whilst completely awake.

There were varying attempts at keeping patients pain-free, ranging from doing nothing at all to being knocked out using some crude methods. Dreadful pain with most procedures was the norm. But that is all history now. All surgical procedures are now pain-free, with varying levels of wakefulness.

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