Physicians confirm Alexander's severe coma

Bruce Greyson writes: "Skeptics have also suggested that Eben Alexander was never 'in danger of dying' during his coma. With two other physicians, Surbhi Khanna and Lauren Moore, Greyson reviewed the complete medical record of Alexander’s hospital treatment. All three of us concluded independently that he had been extremely close to death, with a brain as disabled as it could have been, and that while that was happening, he witnessed things that a comatose person should not have been able to perceive. The date showed that his coma had not been related to the drugs he was given. The medical record noted that he was rapidly falling into a coma by the time he reached the hospital, before he received any medication. And six days later, he came out of the coma before the medications were stopped.

“According to our current understanding of how the brain works, it should not have been possible for Alexander to have had any experience at all during his deep coma—let along the most vivid and memorable experience of his life. And yet, he did. Furthermore, he is not the only person to have had a vivid and profoundly memorable experience during such a medical crisis.”

Bruce Greyson, After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond, 113-114.