Brain surgery under hypnosis: 'He took me on a trip to Thailand' In a groundbreaking procedure at Galilee Medical Center, a 71-year-old Parkinson’s patient underwent deep brain stimulation surgery fully conscious, guided only by a psychologist’s hypnotic voice instead of anesthesia *** Ali Abu-Ria, 71, from the northern Israel town of Sakhnin, was calm and at ease. In his mind, he was on an exotic beach in Thailand, resting under coconut palms as the sound of waves rippled in the background, ima