Originally Posted by Brickfire

Awareness under anesthesia is a well known phenomenon. It doesn’t necessarily imply gross incompetence or negligence. The anesthesia record should be pretty clear if a gross mistake was made, especially if they are electronic as most are now.

Call the hospital and ask for risk management and make a complaint. That will get attention quickly. Also ask for a copy of the intraoperative anesthesia record

It is also, in fact, the plot of a bad horror movie - “Awake”