Woman, 76, was declared dead at the hospital in Ecuador but she shocked relatives when she knocked her coffin during her wake-keep. This triggered a government investigation on the hospital.
On Friday, Bella Montoya, was admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke as well as cardiopulmonary arrest. She never responded to resuscitation which was done by a doctor on duty.
She was unconscious when she was taken to the emergency room and a few hours later the doctor informed Berbera that she was dead and handed over her identification documents to prepare the death certificate.
The family took her to a funeral home and were holding a wake for her later on 9 June when they heard strange sounds from her coffin.
“There were about 20 of us there,” Barbera said. “After about five hours of the wake, the coffin started to make sounds. My mom was wrapped in sheets and hitting the coffin, and when we approached we could see that she was breathing heavily.”
“It gave us all a fright,” son Gilberto Barbera told the AP
Kinsmen ruched Montoya to a health facility in Babahoyo where she was placed in intensive care unit.
The Ministry of Health was investigating the doctors who were involved in her treatment. A technical committee was formed to review how the hospital issues death certificates.
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