Houben plans to write memoir, says doctor

BRUSSELS: Rom Houben, a Belgian man who was wrongly diagnosed as comatose for 23 years, is planning to write a book about his extraordinary story, the doctor who rescued him from isolation said on Tuesday.

Before his accident in November 1983, the then-young man spoke four languages, French, Dutch, English and a bit of German, said Professor Steven Laureys of Liege University.

"Today he is still capable of communicating in these languages," he added.