Waking up during a procedure has been known to happen but, luckily, very few people will experience this frightening situation. In 2014, an examination conducted by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland ran an exhaustive study on inadvertent awareness under general anesthesia to show this only occurs in one in 20,000 people.

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