Can anesthesia awareness be negligence?

Can anesthesia awareness be negligence?

Anesthesia awareness is a real condition and is believed to affect one in every 1,000 surgical patients. It happens when a patient under general anesthesia is still aware of their surroundings and sensations during the procedure. Considering more than 51 million inpatient surgical procedures are done every year, roughly 50 people annually can be affected by this terrifying experience. Anesthesia awareness only happens if anesthesia is administered improperly or the medical equipment used to monitor it fails. This means that…