The woman’s organs were supposed to have been donated to a hospital, but the request was denied due to lack of documents. The 65-year-old woman was hospitalized but has since been discharged.
A 65-year-old woman, who had been declared dead by local authorities in northern Thailand, was found alive in her coffin moments before his scheduled cremation in a Bangkok temple.
The woman, identified by Thai media as Chonthirat Sakulkoo, was bedridden for two years and his health condition deteriorated further earlier this week. According to his brother, Mongkol Sakulkoo, he fell unconscious and appeared to stop breathing. Local authorities in his home province of Phitsanulok confirmed his death, prompting the family to prepare the funeral.
In accordance with what they believed to be her last wish, her brother placed her in a coffin and transported her more than 500 km to Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Bangkok. Chonthirat waited donate your organs to a hospital in the capitalbut his brother was denied due to lack of documentation. With no other alternative, he resorted to the free cremation service offered by the temple.
Shortly before the cremation ceremony, which was to be broadcast live from the temple, there was a slight sound of knocks coming from inside the coffin. Temple manager Pairat Soodthoop said he was frightened by the noise and asked the family to open the coffin immediately.
“I saw her opening her eyes slightly and hitting the side of the coffin,” Pairat told reporters. “She must have been beating for a long time.”
The discovery left the mourners present stunned. Chonthirat was quickly removed from the coffin and examined before being transferred to Bang Yai Hospital, where doctors treated your hypoglycemia. Later, he was discharged and was under the care of his brother, says .
Thai newspapers Thairath and Bangkok Post reported that despite the extraordinary turn of events, her brother reacted with apparent indifference when asked how he felt upon learning she was alive. Pairat said the temple was committed to bear medical expenses brother after what happened.
For now, Chonthirat continues his recovery at home, after what may have been a narrow escape from a tragic mistake.
