An Ohio woman was denied welfare benefits after she failed to attend mandatory job-training sessions because she was in a coma. Kimberly Thompson spent a month in the medically induced coma while battling a series of infections. When she woke up, officials told her she would no longer receive $700 in monthly benefits. "How are you supposed to go to class when you are in a coma?" Thompson asked.
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