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Is There A Treatment For My Brother Who Forgets An Event That Just Happened 1-2 Hours Back ?

Dear Sir, My brother who is a Doctor aged 55, stays in France. In 2004 he had a heart attack and he went into a coma for some 4-5 days. Upon regaining conciousness, he looked fine with no physical abnormality. Then Doctors concluded that he had a problem to remember things that just happened. For example he forgets an event that happened just 1-2 hours back.But he remembers everything about his past, his childhood, his marriage, etc. Doctors have condemed him that he will never recover. He is actually staying in a \
Wed, 1 Feb 2012
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yes,it happens,In such case recent memory loss is there but past memory is o.k.














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Is There A Treatment For My Brother Who Forgets An Event That Just Happened 1-2 Hours Back ?

yes,it happens,In such case recent memory loss is there but past memory is o.k.