A 76-year-old woman has been declared dead She surprised her relatives by knocking on her coffin while she was awake Earlier this month, she passed away after seven days in intensive care, her family said Saturday.
Gilberto Barbera Montoya, the woman’s son, told the Associated Press that doctors at the state hospital where she was rushed after the initial accident said she died Friday night.
The department said Bella Montoya was initially admitted for a possible stroke and cardiac arrest, and when she did not respond to resuscitation, a doctor on duty pronounced her dead.
On June 9, Montoya reportedly woke up and started knocking on the door after spending five hours inside her coffin at a funeral home in Papahoyo, southwest of Quito.
Similar events have occurred in the United States recently. In December, Iowa State nursing facility A 66-year-old resident was mistakenly declared dead She was taken to a funeral home, where she awoke “gasping for air”. The year 2020, a young woman announced her death She opened her eyes As she was about to be mummified.
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Health confirmed in a statement on Saturday that Montoya died of a stroke after spending a week in intensive care. She added that Montoya was kept under “permanent observation,” but did not provide further information about the medical investigation surrounding the case.
Barbera Montoya said he had not yet received any report from the authorities on a medical explanation for what happened, and warned that things “will not stay this way.” He added that the sister of the deceased woman had officially complained about the accident, seeking to identify the doctor who declared her dead from the beginning.
The remains of Montoya, who was a retired nurse, returned to the same funeral home where she was awakened. Her son told the AP that she will be buried in a public cemetery.
Last week, the country’s health ministry said a technical committee had been set up to review how the hospital issues death certificates.
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