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A new report in England states that of patients a year wake up during an operation. The report is from two organisations for anaesthetists – people who put us to sleep before . It said: "At least 150, and possibly several thousand, patients a year are while they are undergoing operations." Doctors say it is very for someone to wake up during surgery. One doctor says it happens in in every 19,000 operations. Patients who do wake up on the table reported having feelings of fear and . A patient cannot alert the doctors if he/she wakes up because the drugs relax their so they cannot move or communicate.

Researchers looked at from around three million operations in hospitals in the U.K. and Ireland. They used the data to find that could be improved during an operation. They made a list of 64 recommendations to try and reduce happening in operating theatres. The most recommendation was for doctors to use an anaesthesia checklist before each operation. This could reduce mistakes made by doctors and make sure the patient has the levels of the correct . They also recommend using a so doctors know if the patient wakes up and cannot move. A professor said: "I hope this report will ensure anaesthetists pay even greater to preventing of awareness."

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