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Meet girl with rare condition that makes her sleep for weeks

'Real-life Sleeping Beauty', 17, spends weeks asleep without waking up. (Courtesy)

A 'real-life Sleeping Beauty' has an extremely rare medical condition where she can sleep for weeks without being woken up.

Siti Raisa Miranda had her first symptoms back in 2017 when she slept for 13 days straight at her home in Banjarmasin, Indonesia.

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