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'Dead' woman found breathing in coffin (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by httpjames@sh.itjust.works to c/news@beehaw.org

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• The woman's relatives were shocked to discover that she was still alive while preparing her body for the funeral after she had been declared dead by the hospital.

• The woman's son said that his mother started to move her left hand, open her eyes and struggle to breathe when they opened the coffin.

• Firefighters arrived and lifted the woman from the coffin onto a stretcher and took her back to the same hospital where she had been declared dead.

• The woman's son said that his mother was responsive and on oxygen in the intensive care unit, and reacted when a doctor pinched her hand.

• The health ministry has opened an investigation into the incident after the woman was issued a death certificate stating she had died of cardiopulmonary arrest following a stroke.

• The article mentions another case in February where an 82-year-old woman was found breathing while lying in a funeral home after being pronounced dead three hours earlier at a nursing home.

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It'd be so awkward next time. "I mean... are you sure she's dead?"

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

Just watched a Castle episode where a guy refused to die.

Isn't there something about wakes existing to prevent this sort of thing? I assume it's apocryphal, but still.

[–] myself33@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

now i know zombie are real 😲

[–] poohbear@toons.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Did you want crippling claustrophobia? Because this is how you develop crippling claustrophobia.

[–] mjgood91@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

"I don't want to go on the cart!" - Dead Person, Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail

No seriously though... seems like every year or two I hear about another story of someone just coming back like this. The human body is totally wild.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/03/outcry-in-shanghai-as-person-declared-dead-and-put-in-body-bag-found-to-be-alive