A Brazilian man has been found alive in a body bag at a morgue only two hours after being declared dead.
The family of Valdelucio de Oliveira Goncalves, 54, said doctors told them that Goncalves died after a respiratory failure and multiple organ failure
But when the family arrived at the morgue to dress the body on Sunday they found their loved one was still breathing.
The man’s niece Patricia Goncalves told the story to local newspaper Correio 24 Horas.
She said the family was informed at around 11pm on Saturday that Goncalves died. About two hours later, Goncalves’ brother had access to the room to dress him and realised that the bag was moving.
“The bag was closed and moving. Up and down as if he was breathing. Then he (the brother) called everyone to see what was happening. He was with the feet tied and with cotton in the nose and ears,” Patricia said.
She said her uncle was diagnosed three months ago with a terminal cancer.
The Menandro de Farias Hospital, in Bahia state capital Salvador, has opened an inquiry.
“Hospital directors will meet the team who saw the patient to clarify the course of action taken,” Bahia’s health department said in a statement.
It comes after the family of Maria de Jesus Arroyo, 80, claimed she died in a morgue freezer after wrongly being declared dead.
The family is suing the White Memorial Medical Centre in Boyle Heights, California, over the 2010 death.
In another more bizarre case, a Kenyan hospital was gripped by panic in January this year when A man who was pronounced dead after committing suicide woke up a day later
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