Employees of the cremation company experienced a huge shock when a man who was pronounced dead woke up moments before he was due to be cremated. It turned out that the doctors made a big mistake in determining the diagnosis. , despite being revealed the unusual case did not end happily in the end.
His condition was rapidly deteriorating
On Thursday, November 21, a 45-year-old man named Rohitash was supposed to be cremated in the city of Jhunjhunu in the state of Rajasthan in northwestern India. However, a while before that workers found that the man, who had been pronounced dead, was showing signs of life.
The investigators noted that the previous day, a patient was transferred from a local homeless shelter to the hospital in critical condition. “The man had no relatives when he arrived. His condition was rapidly deteriorating and before long, the doctors found that he was not showing any signs of life,” noted Jhunjhunu City Police Chief Sharad Chouodhary with the 45-year-old man later pronounced dead.
Despite the revelation, it was not possible to save him
Immediately after the patient was declared dead, he doctors reportedly put him in a cold morgue for several hours. Later, his body was placed on a funeral pyre, where he was to be burned to ashes. But you are a staff member before long he noticed that Rohitash was still breathing. It is on the footage from the incident can be seen wrapped in blankets, and although he looks very ill, he is still alive.
The workers therefore he was immediately taken back to the emergency department, where he underwent an intensive examination. However, despite the best efforts of the doctors, Rohitash died in the early hours of the next day. Chief of Police stated that no autopsy was performed after his death.
The hospital management noted that the three doctors involved in the patient’s care were suspended together with the head of the department in connection with the incident. However, the investigation is still ongoing trying to find out whether a criminal offense was committed due to negligence.
