Call to tackle issue of waking during surgery

"Suddenly, I knew something had gone wrong: I could hear voices around me, and I realised with horror that I had woken up in the middle of the operation, but couldn’t move a muscle."

These are the chilling words of one 12-year-old girl whose traumatic surgery story was heard by medics investigating the problem of people waking from anaesthesia during procedures.

The claim of ‘Sandra’, who said she woke up during a routine procedure, was initially dismissed by surgeons.