In the city of Coronel Oviedo in southern Paraguay, a declared dead woman woke up in preparation for a funeral service. This is reported by the Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color.
On April 11, Gladys Rodríguez de Duarte, 46, suffering from ovarian cancer, was taken to a private clinic with high blood pressure. At 9:30 am local time, she was examined by the doctor Heriberto Vera. Almost two hours later, the physician pronounced Duarte's death and notified her husband Maximino and daughter Sandra about it.
Vera prepared a death certificate for Duarte, indicating cervical cancer as the cause of death. The clinic staff placed the woman in a body bag and, with the consent of her relatives, sent her to the funeral home.
When the owner of the bureau began to examine the "deceased", he noticed that the woman was moving. Duarte was taken to the hospital and kept under observation.
Sandra accused Heriberto Vera of negligence towards the patient. “He considered the patient dead and did not even try to resuscitate her,” complained daughter Duarte. “We trusted the clinic, which is why we sent our mother there. But they disconnected her from the machines and sent her straight to the funeral home. The case is under investigation.
Last year, in the Indian state of Orissa, a man woke up during his own funeral. When the body was lowered into the grave, the "deceased" turned his head.