The Daily Mail (London, England), March 24th, 2008
Byline: JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK
POLICEMAN John Alcock has lain in a coma since a horrific car crash onhis way to guard Prince Charles nearly five years ago.
Now his fiancee Donna McWilliam is desperately hoping he can be brought back toconsciousness by an experimental pill nicknamed the 'Lazarus drug'.
Zolpidem, which is normally prescribed as a sleeping pill, has already beenused to successfully treat 200 persistent vegetative state patients in the U.S.and South Africa.
In August 2003, Mr Alcock, from Garmouth, Moray, was with two other officersnear Balmoral when their marked 'We need to t...
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